Griffin have introduced a new Roadtrip.
The new Griffin RoadTrip with SmartScan FM Transmitter for iPod is fully redesigned from the ground up to be easier to use than ever, RoadTrip unlocks all the entertainment options your iPod can deliver, wherever the road takes you. RoadTrip incorporates SmartScan™ technology to find, memorize and select the three best frequncies for use in broadcasting your iPod on your car’s FM stereo system.
New SmartSound™ Plus technology delivers clear sound under real-world conditions.
New flexible steel neck and interchangeable iPod model-specific cradles position your iPod perfectly.
The look of a custom installation in your car without the cost or inconvenience.
The New Roadtrip SE is compatible with the iPod Touch, iPod Nano 3g, and iPod Classic.
IPod owners will be able to legally download shows like Life on Mars and Doctor Who and watch them on the move, following a deal between Apple and the BBC. A range of BBC shows including The Mighty Boosh, Ashes to Ashes and Spooks will be available to download from iTunes for £1.89 each.
Ashley Highfield, BBC director of future media and technology, also revealed that owners of the latest iPod Touch and the iPhone would be able to access the iPlayer via wi-fi within weeks.
iPod Accessories manufacturer Griffin Technology has announced its 2008 line-up for Macworld Expo, this year marking the 16th year the company has delivered products to the Apple community.
“In 2008, we continue on two paths” said company founder, Paul Griffin. “The first is to continue to introduce innovations in a rapidly changing marketplace. The second is to continually improve our existing product line to meet the needs of today’s community”
New Products include,
RoadTrip with SmartScan, new itrips for iPods and iPod nano’s, a new Tuneflex and elan cases.
Apple have revealed at their Keynote Speech that there will be new software for the iPhone.
With the new software you will have Maps with location, Webclips, Customize home screen, and be able to SMS multiple people.
Amazon.com has began testing a digital-music download service to compete with Apple’s iTunes.
The service, called Amazon MP3, sells 2 million songs from more than 180,000 artists, Amazon.com said today in a statement. The songs, most priced from 89 cents to 99 cents, don’t have software that restricts how customers can play the music.
Amazon.com said the service would include songs from more than 20,000 record labels. The tracks will be available in the MP3 format without anti-copying programs known as digital rights management, or DRM, software.
Customers can play the songs on almost any device, including Apple’s iPod and iPhone, Zunes, Research in Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry and transfer them to CDs.
Easyishop are now stocking the Belkin Tunecast 3. An upgrade from the popular Tunecast 2 the new Tunecast 3 FM Transmitter,
Delivers best-in-class audio
Works with iPod devices, PDAs, MP3 players, CD and cassette players, or computers (using a headphone plug)
Features easy-to-read, OLED screen
Programs the clearest frequency with preset buttons
Operates on FM channels from 88.1MHz-107.9MHz
Draws power from batteries or car power adapter, not your MP3 player
Lets you use as much of the 50 cm cable as you like, with integrated cable management
Plays your music in stereo or mono audio
Positions easily in car with included clip
The Tunecast 3 is available now from Easyishop.co.uk for £34.99
Belkin have launched a new feature on their website called “My Best FM”, which locates the best FM radio frequencies to play your iPod or MP3 player through you car radio via you FM transmitter.
Just go to http://www.belkin.com/mybestfm/ and enter your Zip code (at the moment this is only available in the US), and “my best FM” will search a comprehensive database of FM radio frequencies and list the ones with the clearest transmission in your area.
This is a great idea, now we need one in the UK to help us find the best frequencies.
Here we go again, another FM transmitter has become available “The Griffin iTrip Pocket“.
The iTrip Pocket is made for the the 2nd Gen Nano, but will also function with the 1st Gen Nano, iPod Video and the iPod Photo.
“iTrip Pocket makes it easier than ever to play your iPod in your car or on your home stereo. Using a tiny FM transmitter, iTrip Pocket broadcasts the audio signal from your iPod to any user-selected, unused FM frequency, sharing the music with the whole car or house.
iTrip Pocket features Griffin’s exclusive SmartDisplay™ Technology that shows frequency information directly on the screen of your iPod, and switchable stereo/mono modes to give you the clearest possible sound under real-world conditions. ”
The itrip Pocket is avalable to pre-order with easyishop and should be with them within a matter of days.
Griffin Technology Inc., creator of innovative accessories for Mac, PC and iPod, today announced plans to develop radio SHARK HDTM, a digital table top radio for Mac and PC with HD RadioTM technology.
radio SHARK HD–like Griffin’s radioSHARKTM and radio SHARK 2–will house a radio tuner in a sleek “shark fin” that connects to the USB port of a Mac or PC. With radio SHARK HD users will be able to listen to their favorite AM/FM stations in pure digital audio quality, conveniently from their personal computers. With next-generation digital HD Radio technology from iBiquity, digital FM stations approach CD-quality sound, and digital AM stations approach FM-quality sound.
Finally, radio SHARK HD will allow users to review and playback music recorded from digital radio on a personal computer, sync recordings of digital radio programming to an iPodTM, and purchase songs heard on digital radio from Apple’s iTunes Music StoreTM.
Tunewear have released a FM Transmitter.
Included are a high quality FM transmitter for wireless use with your car stereo or any FM radio, a 12V car charger adapter for charging your iPod in the car, and a USB charging cable for connecting to your computer and syncing data or charging the iPod with a computer. When using the FM transmitter and 12V car charger together, you can enjoy listening to music from your iPod on your car’s FM stereo without worrying about the battery level on your iPod. This is because the iPod will play and charge at the same time.
The 12V car charger has a safety fuse inside which will protect the iPod against power surges. When using the FM transmitter and the included USB cable, you can charge the iPod and sync with your computer at the same time without the need to remove the FM transmitter. TUNEWAVE FM includes a 30 pin dock connector and is compatible for use with iPod 5G, iPod nano (1G and 2G), iPod 4G, iPod color display, iPod photo, iPod mini and iPod 3G.
