Has anyone tried using a Dremel tool to cut down the dock plastic so the 3G iPhone will fit in the dock. It looks to me like it would not take very much plastic grind down to do the job. I am not sure how thick the plastic is before you get to electrial parts.
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Can modify orig iPhone dock to fit 3G iPhone?
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Hereafter is a report from Goulwen
Hereafter is a procedure to save money and use a device not commercially available yet.
I was lucky to get an iPhone 3G 16 GB last Thursday. As I could not find any dock for the iPhone 3G, I took my Dremel and decided to modify the dock shipping with the Bluetooth iPhone headset. Once polished, it looks like brand new and clean, and this is a substantial money saving.
To reduce the price of the iPhone, Apple has removed the peripheral and devices shipped with the first version of the mobile, as they did it in the past with the iPod. If you purchase the new Bluetooth iPhone headset, which is now cheaper, it does NOT contain the dock anymore. So the "bidouille" from Goulwen is most likely the best way to follow for most of us, to avoid buying an expensive piece of plastic.
