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Griffin PowerDock 4 Four-Position Charging Station for iPod and iPhone (Aluminum) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Griffin Technology
Category: CE
List Price: $72.25
Buy New: $39.99
You Save: $32.26 (45%)
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 965
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: 9805-MLTDCK4
Model: 9805-MLTDCK4
UPC: 685387098057
EAN: 0685387098057
ASIN: B00152OB4I
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Countertop charging station for iPod and iPhone | | • | Four charging bays to charge up to 4 devices at one time | | • | A single charging station for the whole family; eliminates confusion and clutter |
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Product Description
Does your family own a family of iPod models? Can you only find one charger that four of you have to share? Put an end to the power struggles (literally) over recharging with PowerDock 4.PowerDock 4 is a charging base where your family of iPod players can get together to charge its batteries. Four Apple universal docks, built into a single charging base. Includes a collection of universal dock insert adapters to ensure that every iPod gets a place at the table.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 almost perfect !! January 6, 2009
Sean Jackson (Boston, Ma)
It is great having a 4 slot charger. MY iphone in its clear case does not fit unless I remove it (bummer and yes I have tried other cases NO GO). MY 80 ipod fits perfecly in case and so does my ipod 30 touch. Otherwise, I would of give 5 star rating.
 Awesome iPhone/iPod charger September 18, 2008
M-Lo (Ptown, CA)
Works with iPhone 3G and all other iPods. Charged 4 apple products at once and works fantastic! Best of all it works with my 3G which is picky with chargers. Never had an issue with the charger and used it almost nightly for over 2 months now. Highly recommend as a result. The only drawback is it has no USB input/output so there is no way to sync your product wit hthis dock... but thats not this docks purpose anyhow!
 Good, but could be better August 18, 2008
Dhalver Xeno (Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Pros:
1. Does exactly as advertised. It charges 4 iPods/iPhones at the same time with a minimal amount of space and cabling.
2. Has a universal power supply built in making it good for international travel. Also, without a bulky external power adapter the setup essentially consists of the dock and the power cable.
3. You can pretty much plug ipods/iphones into the Powerdock without bothering to use the included dock adapters. Silicon gel type cases can remain on the ipod/iphone while docked, but I had to remove a hard shell case like the Contour Showcase in order to get it to fit into the slot.
Cons:
1. Questionable out of the box quality control. My unit works fine, but something is wrong with the top finish. It seems like something "splashed" onto it in the factory and there are "blotches" on the top finish. It's not a huge stain. It's more akin to taking a wet paint brush and carelessly "flicking" some paint residue onto the finish. Except in my case it's more like some sort of corrosive agent that caused the actual top case to have "stains" in certain scattered spots.
2. It's hard to tell when your ipod/iphone is done charging because there are no "charge" indicators. When my devices are docked all I see are 4 devices with black screens. There's no way of telling what is charged without "touching" a device to wake up the screen to see the charge indicator on the device itself. This unit would be better if there were individual indicator lights showing the charge status of each item connected to a dock. Granted, I could leave the backlighting on while charging, but it's such a pain to have to turn backlighting to "always on" just to see when it is done charging. Not to mention the fact that you will probably have to reset the backlighting after charging so that it isn't always on when you are using the device.
3. This is not necessarily a con, but more of a disclaimer. The picture that you see on the Amazon page for this product doesn't exactly match the actual color of the product. The picture gave me the impression that the dock was almost "Macbook white" in appearance. The griffin website gives a better impression of what it actually looks like ... but even the picture on the Griffin product page makes it look "brighter" than it actually is. In reality the top of the case has more of a dull, matte, gun powder grey finish. Griffin might have been trying to go for a "MacPro" kind of a look, but the MacPro has an ever so slight shine in the finish. Like I said this isn't necessarily a con, but it certainly didn't look like what I was expecting from all the pictures.
4. As has been already mentioned, it doesn't sync. I didn't take away points for this. But this product would certainly be better if it also synced with my Mac. Maybe syncing can't be engineered into the product at this price point, but I'd be willing to pay more for a product that gave me desktop charging and syncing all in the same footprint and I bet that there are others out there who would be willing to pay more too.
This a charger only August 17, 2008
L. Quaranta
as one poster wrote this for charging only and will not allow you to sync ipods. If you are like me and have 5 or 6 ipods and iphones and have several chargers throught out the house and everyone wants to use them all at the same time.This is for you it charges 4 at a time and with adapters can charge any ipod or iphone.I personally find that the ipods charge fine with out the use of the adapters inserted they seem to fit deep[er in the connector.With the adapter the connector does not go as deep into the ipod and may cause the device to light up and make the connection beep noise repeatedly.It has given me one place to charge all the ipods in my house and has provided a central place to put them so they do not disappear into the abyss of the house.Great if you have kids who loose or misplace there ipods during charging as they will all be in the same spot
Nice travel charger with integrated power supply August 10, 2008
A. KIMBALL (Salt Lake City, Utah USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I love this product. When we travel, we have 2 iphones, an ipod touch, an ipod video classic, all that need charging. Going in and out of hotel rooms, we have always had to set up a laptop computer with USB cables and juggle charging phones and ipods. No More.
This beauty sits by the bedside when we are not traveling and keeps everything powered and ready. GREAT FEATURE: There is no walwart dongle with this unit... the power supply is built in, so the AC cord is simple and easy to wind, making this charger very portable.
It does not currently come with iphone 3G charging adapters, and we had to buy a package of 3 of these from Apple directly for an additional $9, plus shipping, plus state tax. (13.50 total).
I like the metal feel and the look of this unit too. Very sturdy. This is not for playing and syncing your ipod, charging only. I saw somebody else review this product, giving it only 1 star because it wouldn't sync... um, sounds like someone didn't read the clear description. Very unfair to give a product a low rating because you're too lazy to read carefully. I give this 5 out of 5 stars because it fits out needs so well.
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