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Sparky_92
03-25-2008, 06:57 PM
Simple question. If you own an iPhone car charger and have no problems with it, please post here! :confused:

Sparky_92
03-26-2008, 12:03 AM
Apple sells the Griffin PowerJolt Car Charger for the iPhone. I'm worried about all of the negative responses to a simple car charger.

Reviews of the PowerJolt Car Charger (http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?pg=1&rs=mostUseful&pn=TN769LL/A&revw=TN769LL/A&fnode=home/shop_iphone/iphone_accessories/power&mco=C459AF1A)

I've bought tons of car chargers for ipods, cellphones with no problem. Why is it that this charger seems to burn out peoples iPhones? Is there a good quality car charger out there?

RompaRoom
03-26-2008, 03:51 AM
I am wondering the same thing, does anyone know anything about the Belkin Charger?

http://cgi.ebay.com/BELKIN-Car-Charger-iPod-Video-Photo-Nano-Touch-iPhone_W0QQitemZ360034892534QQcmdZViewItem?hash=it em360034892534

Sparky_92
03-27-2008, 09:41 PM
I just got an email from Scott Bourne of the Apple Phone Show (http://www.applephoneshow.com/).

He said that he's not seen any good dedicated car charger for the iPhone. Everything out there was engineered for the iPods and then the companies like Griffin and Belkin simply slapped on WORKS WITH IPHONE.

Hence, all the problems with Airplane mode, the error messages of NOT COMPATIBLE WITH PHONE, Buzzing noises.

I really wish Apple engineers would work to design specs for MADE FOR IPHONE charger. The iPhone has a more complicated interface and is probably more fragile than a standard iPod.