I had a 2009 X650i and it worked the same way as my 2013 X5M - just the apple USB cable.
Note that it has to plug into the USB in the armrest and not the USB in the glove compartment (which is just for loading music onto the inbuilt hard drive via a USB stick).
AFAIK the "official BMW cable" hasn't been required for many model years now - certainly not on any of the "new generation" (HD display) iDrive versions.
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