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The <strong>iPhone</strong> is also a phone, with <strong>com</strong>ponents inside that can cause static,<br />

buzz, and interference when used with external speakers (which have<br />

their own electronic innards).<br />

The <strong>iPhone</strong> can play video like an iPod, but unlike an iPod, it doesn’t<br />

have any kind of video output feature. So home-entertainment docks<br />

designed to connect the player with a television don’t work.<br />

To help shoppers get products that are <strong>com</strong>patible<br />

with the <strong>iPhone</strong>, Apple has its own“Works with <strong>iPhone</strong>”<br />

logo program. As the <strong>com</strong>pany puts it, products bearing<br />

the logo are “electronic accessories designed to<br />

connect specifically to <strong>iPhone</strong> and certified by the developer to meet Apple<br />

performance standards.”<br />

Getting stuff with the “Works with <strong>iPhone</strong>” logo should save you the grief that<br />

<strong>com</strong>es with“Buying the Wrong Thing.”And if you’re looking for <strong>iPhone</strong>-friendly<br />

accessories, several <strong>com</strong>panies already have plenty of products to sell you.<br />

Some good places to look include:<br />

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Apple’s <strong>iPhone</strong> Accessories page. Here you can find all those official<br />

white plastic cables, docks, and power adapters, plus Bluetooth headsets<br />

and more. (www.apple.<strong>com</strong>/iphone/accessories)<br />

Digital Lifestyle Outfitters. DLO has been turning out handsome iPod<br />

cases practically since the little white MP3 player took the first spin of its<br />

scroll wheel, and they had cases and other accessories in stock before the<br />

<strong>iPhone</strong> hit the street. (www.dlo.<strong>com</strong>)<br />

XtremeMac. Another iPod stuffmaker, XtremeMac makes fashionable car<br />

chargers and other powerful products that work with the <strong>iPhone</strong>. (www.<br />

xtrememac.<strong>com</strong>)<br />

add-ons: accessories and Web apps 237

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