Yes it is the Universal thing, But first thing I went out boxing day to buy was a nice polyurethane snap on shell, to protect my extrodinarily shiny new ipod, which was lucky because the second thing I managed to do was scratch it, the shell that is, the third thing I want to get is a Dock but now I put a Shell on it It wont fit any Docks, universal or not, Damm this imperfect world.