a drop of water

When Apple released the Ipod Touch 2G, the Iphone 3G and the Ipod Nano 4G, they switched up the charging system from a 12V source to a 5V source (removing the last reminant of firewire support in their connector).  Unfortunately this rendered many charging and playing connectors in cars, speaker docks, etc., half functional, since the newer ipods would only play and no longer charge while connected.

I’ve been waiting for a speaker dock that supports the new design, but haven’t found one yet.  I recently ran across an adapter made by Scosche.  I don’t own it myself, but the reviews on Amazon seem to recommend it.  Looks like this would be a good option if you are looking to play and charge the new Ipods at the same time on an older device.