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I have been looking for a simple dock to charge and sync my iPhone ever since my old dock stopped working. The Pottery Barn Simple Dock looks like it could replace my iLive ghetto blaster and do just that.

I have some questions about it before I’m willing to plunk down the eighty bucks, though:

• Does it work with the iPhone 3G? The problem with buying electronics accessories from a furniture store is that they don’t give me any specifics. I even looked it up on their website (Simple Dock | Pottery Barn) and their product info tab was woefully incomplete. Since the iPhone 3G has a different charging system than the old iPods and old iPhone, a lot of the docks don’t work anymore. THAT’S what happened to my old charging dock. I’m not willing to spend $79 without some guarantee that it will WORK.

• Does it sync? Again, the product info is slim on this and I can’t even tell if this dock has a USB cable that will allow me to connect it to my computer to sync. If it doesn’t, there’s no point in me buying it. I don’t want to just charge my iPhone. I need to sync it as well. Did the designers at Pottery Barn think of that? Who can tell. It’s obvious that the WEB designers on their site didn’t think to include that information.

The cool thing about this little dock is that it can play music from the iPhone AND charge. That would make it a tasteful addition to your bedroom by your bed, near your computer or even in the living room. Even though it’s highly unlikely that the speakers are audiophile quality, they are good enough for me to listen to tunes before I go to sleep or while I type away at my computer. Without the essential technical information, however, I’m not willing to pay eighty dollars to find out whether they will work with my iPhone or not.

Via: Pottery Barn’s New Simple Dock Is Just That | iPod dock, pottery barn, shopping | geeksugar – Technology, Gadgets, & How Tos.