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Old 07-13-2008, 10:50 AM
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Au revoir Firewire!

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Originally Posted by rusty778 View Post
The old iPhone had support for the now "legacy" circuitry which supported firewire charging. Most chargers took advantage of firewire charging for some unknown reason. Firewire has been abandoned in the new one most likely because no one actually buys the separate cord just to charge it, they most likely didn't do it to screw over accessory makers
^^^ Bingo. Firewire's gone in 3G.

Glad I didn't trade up...my car's USA SPEC charger/stereo integrator is a huge part of my iPhone's usage. And I use an iHome occasionally to charge my unit on vacation.

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