No docking Station with the new iPhone ?

In article <elmop-C451DE.22193615062008@nntp10.usenetserver.com>,
"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:

> In article <reply_in_group-524451.18551115062008@news.supernews.com>,
> Tim Smith <reply_in_group@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>
> > (3) The dock provides a line-out, which would be convenient for hooking
> > the phone to your sound card or to a desktop stereo, if you wanted to
> > use it as a music player.
>
> ....b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-but.......
>
>
> .......since you're synchronizing it with iTunes while it's plugged in,
> then you just play your music straight from iTunes and not from the
> iPod.....
>
>
> ..............ummmmmmmmmm.........

Ah, but what if I don't have my iTunes library on that computer? I have
more than one computer, but only keep my iTunes library on one of them.

Suppose at work you've got a computer, and you have a software VOIP
phone, so you want to keep your headphones plugged into the computer. I
could see hooking up an iPod to the line-in on the computer, so you can
use the computer's sound system to listen to the music your iPod is
playing, rather than having the hassle of having to move you headphones
between the computer and iPod when you get a phone call, or having to
have two sets of headphones.

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--Tim Smith

In message <g360qj$uac$1@aioe.org> Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:

>At 16 Jun 2008 01:04:33 -0600 DevilsPGD wrote:
>
>> >It only has minor advantages over
>> >plugging the cable (which is included with iPhone 2.0, just as it was
>> >with 1.0) directly into the iPhone.
>>
>> It also keeps cable clutter down, which is my big incentive.
>
>That's why the Good Lord gave us Bluetooth! ;-) (Not that the iPhone can
>use it, of course...)

I've been using Bluetooth for some years, but my AT&T Tilt just won't
seem to hold a charge unless I use the USB cable instead of Bluetooth.

Previously on alt.cellular.attws, Tim Smith said:

> Ah, but what if I don't have my iTunes library on that computer? I have
> more than one computer, but only keep my iTunes library on one of them.

I have not yet tried it on my Windows computer, but on my brother's
iBook, iTunes can play directly from the iPod without needing its own
library on the computer.

I can do that with Winamp and my iPod, I see no reason why iTunes in
Windows wouldn't be able to do the same.

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