Managed to find a local store that sold the adapter - well kind of...
Rocketfish Earbud Headphones PKNJ2
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/...c65e8e8d06en02
I know all I need is only the mic/speaker splitter thingy but that item alone on amazon.com is 13-15 bucks + Shipping. So ~$20 just for the adapter that is not even gold plated.
I personally tried them (vent, skype, win voice rec) and they work flawlessly using x10i, stock apple headset, crossfade, beats tours, b&w p5 so i'm sure pretty much ALL iphone remote/mic would work too.
Since it came with a set of buds, decided to try it out on my iphone. I was very, very shocked at the quality of the bass from these budget no name buds, another added bonus is the mic has a single button which acts like an apple remote (pause/play, fwd, back) tested on 3g/4g touch, ipad and ip4. Gave them to my sis and she was so happy as it is so much better than her stock apple headset.