Looks like I was a little mislead by their first product blurbs. You can use it with the TOP cable only, which provides the control interface as well as audio. The bottom cable in the picture is for charging - it's the connectorr that comes with the iPod and will attach to a firewire port on the Ice-Link somewhere.

I was under the impression they tapped into the bottom connection only, for everything. Having the connection at the top isn't as clean obviously and makes it one step beyond just dropping it into a cradle.

I'd be willing to bet they'll redesign this in a product revision. I'm sure they're going to get a lot of sales even at the rather steep price of $200.

Bruno