So, when you buy an iPhone from At+t, and they give you a free car charger, you’d expect it to work, right? So did Micah.

My guess? At+t was trying to clear out some old inventory of iPhone 1 chargers, many of which are completely incompatible with the newer 3G model (for some reason… ah, but that’s for another post). Have any of you readers been given a ‘free’ accessory that didn’t work?

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