Dock Connector in Black?

Can you get Dock Connectors in Black. I have just bought a Bose SoundDock System and the white Dock Connector supplied with my Green Nano looks grim.
Is it available as an accessory?

Thanks Jeff,
I spoke to them as none of the dock connectors supplied with the SoundDock fitted. They told me I needed to use the one supplied with the Nano along with the special spool piece they provide. £250 for a Black SoundDock and I need to use the white Nano shroud it looks dreadful! My beef is not with Apple but Bose really, they should supply black shrouds with Black SoundDocks. I presume if I had bought a Black Nano (8Gb) then I would have got a black shroud?

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I have found that the Airplay menu is set to ¨dock connector¨ even though I'm using the iPad solo.
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iPhones are not user servicable. Apple does NOT sell iPhone parts. Any parts you can possibly get for them have one of three possiblie origins:
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