case in point

Five phone calls and another hour later I'm finally consigning myself to the fact that I am not going to get the $30 rebate from the cell phone I bought solely because it would be free after the $30 rebate. I saved every scrap of plastic, bubble wrap, and brochure EXCEPT, it would seem, the box containing the original SKU number. I'm just what T-mobile is counting on when they offer those rebates. I'd love to say I've really given up. But the fact is there's a nagging feeling that I didn't throw it away and its somewhere.

And, FYI, the iHome (iH4) does NOT have an adaptor for an iPod shuffle. You can buy an adaptor that might seem to fix the problem on eBay for around $10. You can try unscrewing the top piece to see if there's a way to reconfigure the setup but its impossible. Go ahead...google all you want...it can't be solved!

Chalk one up to solved...even without a message board reply I figured out that the Sidekick does not play M4Ps ... only MP4s or Mp3s. That was the reason it wasn't playing music...wrong format. Some hacker on YouTube showed me how to find free mp3s on the web. Maybe he could show me where that phone box is...