GarageBand iPhone4 and Midi input: USB or standalone?

Dear collegue musicians,
I would like to play my master keyboard (which has Midi IN/OUT ports) using the piano sound of GarageBand for iPhone.
I've got also a Korg NanoKontrol that I'm already using with my Mac.
http://www.korg.com/nanoseries2
My question is:
is it better to buy a standalone device like as iRig Midi Interface (http://store.apple.com/us/product/H7498VC/A/irig-midi-interface) to connect directly to my iPhone4 or use my old usb to midi interface ESI Rom IO (http://www.esi-audio.com/products/romio/) with the USB Camera adapter (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A?fnode=MTc0MjU4NjE)?
Will the second solution work with any midi software for iPhone?
I've seen on this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frN-kGKV5BM&feature=related
that with the camera adapter I could even connect the Korg Nanokontrol.
Can I connect both the Korg nanokontrol and the midi interface to the iPhone?
Hope you can help me.
Cheers
Giacomo

Yes. I mean that it goes into the lock screen and I didn't notice if it happens after a minute or more.
When you unlock the device (after the standby) if the phones-output is connected to an audio-system like as an hi-fi or a mixer the mobile makes a spike that makes the garage band useless for live playing. The spike is not a bug of garageband, the bug is that there should be the possibility to setup garageband to not go into standby.
On the other side, garage band has an amazing hammond organ which is named "Soul organ" and it's not good when using its default settings but if you set the distortion to 0 (minimum level) it's just amazing! After this, try to set the rotation to fast and just enjoy! It's the leslie. Nothing less compared to a PC sound module.
I don't like the piano of Garageband because it's too bright. I prefer the ones of iRig SampleTank.
Furthermore, iRig SampleTank support also different tones for different tracks and you can load/save preset of sound. I have still to find a way to play piano + slow strings together because I have the sample tank basic version + piano suite but I want to buy all the tones suite. It costs about €30 which is more expensive that GarageBand but it works!
Hope this can help you.
GP

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