IPod dock with firewire hub

Does such a beast exist? I find it very disheartening that so many companies are developing USB accessories for the iPod when firewire was what it was originally built with. It is a much faster and far superior connection than USB.

Welcome!
Click on "store" at the top of the page and do a search for "firewire hub". Apple sells about 5 or 6 different versions. Your local computer/electronics store will also sell them.

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thansk for that. will the older USB 1.1 work? I have
read that it will, but when I rang my local apple
store they were very non comittal.
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I wanted to get rid of this one since nobody answered. I think the 3G is simply broken. It works fine via firewire, and now I use it as a stationary music server -- the battery was too old for regular use. I bought a 5G.

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thanks Robbosaur
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