My previous Monster audio adapter thingy (TM) was great for a line-in on the iPod, but did not charge the iPhone, and also displayed a warning about incompatiblity and suggested that you switch the phone to airline mode. The different pin-out, or whatever was the cause here, and needing another adapter is kind of dumb.
Anyway, while you can pay $45 for an overpriced Apple AV adapter and then buy a Y splitter to merge RCA to TRS stereo (and the Apple Store has no alternatives for AUX ports), I really like the Kensington LiquidAUX that I grabbed off Amazon. One of the best features is that it keeps the phone from going into “auto lock after 2 minutes mode” so you can easily switch between songs while in the car (I plan to get a mount that pairs with my existing ProClip, I think, since I already have a mount for the GPS it could share), and also nicely pauses the iPhone when the ignition cuts off…. so it doesn’t keep playing while you put it in your pocket.
For about $25, it is pretty cool.
In other news, having a public IMAP and CalDAV server at work now means I can sync multiple mail accounts again, even though I have the gmail accounts configured with Exchange sync. More places should do this.
