I love my shuffle. If I could afford it I'd buy one in every c
olor. Except maybe the pink one.
My problem with it is that being such a tiny little thing, it can't play with i
ts regular dockable cousins's toys; the shuffle connector uses a dock-let for c
harging and syncing, with a little proprietary jack sticking out, and whole thi
ng has its own USB cord. You can't use any of the gazillion accessories made fo
r the dockable iPod big boys. You're pretty much stuck with what comes in the s
huffle box.
Well, it seems the nice folk over at Griffin Technology love the iPod shuffle more than I do, because they mad
e a fantastic little thing that makes me love Griffin more than I already do. T
hey made a Doc
k Adapter for the shuffle!
It's a little plastic thing that you set into the receptacle of a regular dock-
enabled accessory, then you just slot in the shuffle onto it. Simple and ingeni
ous, really. And it features a little switch that shifts you from audio pla
yback to charge/sync depending on your need. Now the wide, wonder
ful world of iPod accessories is open to shuffle users.
Imagine an Apple iPod Hi-Fi speake
r fitted with this thing; the shuffle will look like an insignificant little nu
bbin on top of this thing as it feeds the big monster speaker with audio. Niiic
e.
The Dock Adapter costs $19.99 and will be available at the end
of May, but you can pre-order now from the Griffin website. Methinks I'll get
one.
It's a little plastic thing that you set into the receptacle of a regular dock-
enabled accessory, then you just slot in the shuffle onto it. Simple and ingeni
ous, really. And it features a little switch that shifts you from audio pla
yback to charge/sync depending on your need. Now the wide, wonder
ful world of iPod accessories is open to shuffle users.
Imagine an Apple iPod Hi-Fi speake
r fitted with this thing; the shuffle will look like an insignificant little nu
bbin on top of this thing as it feeds the big monster speaker with audio. Niiic
e.
The Dock Adapter costs $19.99 and will be available at the end
of May, but you can pre-order now from the Griffin website. Methinks I'll get
one.
