Connecting to iPod speakers/charger?

I have an older iPod (30GB, "classic" model) that I've used to connect to three items in the past and that work fine. Two of them are speakers (the donut one, and another one that's got a radio integrated) and the third is the Monster lighter power/charger cord through which you just have to change the extension and you can charge anything to it (I use it to charge my bluetooth as well, with a different extension, obviously).
My question is this: I just got the new iPhone 3GS and none of these three items will "accept" the phone. The pins fit okay (based on my naked eye) but the screen on the iPhone just tells me that this accessory isn't the right one for the phone. What I'd like to know is if such a thing exists that's like a double plug in, both "male" on either side: one that would accept the "old"/iPod appropriate pins and one that would accept the "newer"/iPhone ones. Just as a "transition" plug from old to new? I really don't want to buy a whole bunch of new speakers. I do think that eventually Monster will create/build a new plug/extension for their car charge kit, so I'm not too worried about that, but I really don't want to have to buy more speakers that might not even accept my older iPod for playing/charging.
Any advice? Thanks.

I asked at an applestore and they said that the new speakers will work with the older iPods, but not the other way around (always).

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