The Bose Sound Dock is specifically for iPods. And yes, the older Sound Docks do not work for charging with the newest generation of iPods. But the should play. It has to do with firewire charging. Apple got rid of the last remnants of firewire with the most recent generation across all iPod models. There are adapters that you can use to connect to the Sound Dock that may work, but they're not very elegant. Scoche and Griffin make them.
After my IPod Mini was recently stolen, I'm looking at replacing it with a Nano (4g?), but appears it will not charge in my Bose Sound Dock. That's a total bummer and now am wondering if there is a better choice than the 4G Nano. Otherwise it sounds like it is a really good choice. Anybody have any suggestions?
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