Can ipod car charger charge an iphone 3G s?

Hi,
I have a 2nd Gen (5 year old) iPod but the car charger i use for it i purchased just over a year ago. Can i use this charger to charge my iphone or will this hurt the iphone? Thanks!

If it is a USB charger it will probably work. If it is Firewire it won't do any harm, but it won't work. You will get a message on the phone saying that the charger is not compatible.
The nice thing about USB is that it is utterly standard; there are no voltage variations (as there are with Firewire); the charger will supply 5 v +- 0.5 v at 0.5 to 1 Amp. Period. It will also optionally supply a signal that the device can detect to verify that the current is sufficient to charge the device. The iPhone looks for this signal and will also alert you if the charger cannot charge the phone. So you can do no harm trying it. Worst that will happen is that it won't charge the phone.

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