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Re: iPod Shuffle = New Radio ?

Brian Inglis (Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.Invalid)
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 22:07:05 +0000 (GMT)

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 22:11:49 -0800 in comp.dcom.telecom, Linc Madison
<lincmad@suespammers.org> wrote:

In article <telecom24.31.11@telecom-digest.org>, <LB@notmine.com> wrote:

>>> The iPod Shuffle. Its the new radio.

>>> http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2005/01/ipod_shuffle_ne.html

>> Is there a way to have the shuttle play through car radio speakers?

> Sure. You can buy a gizmo that plugs into the cigarette lighter for
> power and then into the headphone jack of nearly anything that uses
> headphones, playing it by a very low power FM signal into the car
> radio. Alternately, you can get gizmos that plug into the headphone
> jack and play the sound through a cartridge that inserts into the
> car's cassette player.

> Since there are gizmos like that specifically for the existing iPods,
> it's not a bad bet that someone will come out with one specially
> designed to match the style of the iPod Shuffle.

Belkin already has a Shuffle FM transmitter advertised on Apple's
Shuffle accessories page.

> (Yes, I really like the word "gizmo." ;^P )

Thanks. Take care,

Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Brian.Inglis@CSi.com (Brian[dot]Inglis{at}SystematicSW[dot]ab[dot]ca)
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