Now that (FBFW) I have an iPhone, I want to be able to use the nifty compact iPhone headset with my laptop PC (for Skype, etc) as well. It would seem that all I need is a little adapter with a female 3.5mm 3-contact iPhone jack on one end and the two separate 1/8″ headphone/mic male plugs on the other end. I found a similar adapter with a 2.5mm “mobile phone” socket on one end.

Others are looking, but nobody seems to have found one yet. Has anyone found what I’m looking for?

Update March 22, 2008

Sure enough, someone is now producing something close to what I want. Unfortunately, this is the reverse (PC headset -> iPhone) of what I’m looking for (iPhone headset -> PC), but it’s almost there. I bet another month or two and it will turn up.

Update September 2008

I found this 2.5mm Mobile Headset To PC Converter, and thought that would do the trick, but it turns out that the iPhone headset jack is 3.5mm, so this adapter can’t make the connection. 

I suppose that I could put yet another adapter like this one in line before it to bring it down to 2.5mm, but I’d prefer a single adapter that gets me all the way to the PC headset in one go. 

Update January 2009

Kevin wrote in point out this product, which appears to be exactly what I’m looking for. I’ve ordered a couple of them; I’ll post an update when I’ve tested it out. Thanks Kevin! 

Update February 2009

I am happy to report that this iPhone headset adapeter from ShowMeCables.com works perfectly, and is exactly what I was looking for. I probably should have gone ahead and had these manufactured myself, but, since I didn’t, thanks John!