A couple quick iPhone tips
First off. As previously complained about, the iPhone has a skinny little space for the headphone jack, so most ‘phones don’t fit. The adapter sold in Apple stores is a brain-dead design that sticks out like this:
(Picture from the iLounge review)
Bound to break the phone sooner or later, and bulky to boot. So, I searched iLounge for alternatives and found the Griffin version:
(Both pics from iLounge)
A bit pricy at ten bucks, but a superior solution. I will probably end up getting one so I can use existing headphones, car adapter, etc.
Second tip: eBay’s pages take forever to load on the iPhone, try http://www.iphonemyebay.com/ instead. Officially approved by eBay, for whatever that’s worth.
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
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