Griffin unveils Dock800 FireWire 800 cable for iPod

[Kent Pribbernow]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/dock800/' target='_blank'>http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/dock800/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Griffin Technology Inc., innovator of exciting accessories for Mac, PC and iPod, today announces Dock800, a FireWire 800 cable to attach your iPod to a Mac or PC. Dock800 is a dock-to-FireWire 800 cable for communicating with and charging iPods. Dock800 allows maximum flexibility in managing the usage of FireWire ports."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/e1105062585.jpg" /><br /><br />Only Griffin could make something as boring as a Firewire cable sound so damned cool. A convenient little cable for just $14.99.

[Zack Mahdavi]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the device need to support Firewire 800 as well? As far as I know, none of the iPods do.

So basically this is a glorified adapter/cable combination? Why couldn't we just buy the $5 Firewire 800 to 400 adapter from the Apple store?

[James Fee]

So basically this is a glorified adapter/cable combination? Why couldn't we just buy the $5 Firewire 800 to 400 adapter from the Apple store?Yep, and I think that would be the better choice. Can you imagine bringing the wrong cable when you travel?