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The Free iPod + iPhone Book 4<br />
sneak peEks<br />
BrightonNet BI-IPEN<br />
Another intriguing Japanese<br />
import, the BI-IPEN ($15)<br />
is, putting aside Steve Jobs’<br />
famous “yuck,” a stylus for<br />
the iPod touch and iPhone,<br />
designed with a special<br />
screen-safe conductive<br />
material on its head and a<br />
flexible, draggable tip. Sold<br />
in black and silver versions<br />
to match both devices,<br />
it’s thin, a little shorter in<br />
height (four inches), and<br />
easily clipped to a shirt or<br />
wallet with the included cap.<br />
Griffin Simplifi<br />
We’ve liked Atech Flash’s iDuo, but Simplifi<br />
($70, July) brings cleaner design and<br />
additional functionality to the plate. While<br />
preserving iDuo’s iPod dock and card<br />
readers - here,<br />
SD, xD, Memory<br />
Stick/Pro and<br />
Compact Flash<br />
- you now get 2<br />
USB ports and a<br />
wall adapter, too.<br />
Again, simplicity is<br />
the appeal.<br />
Capdase Quartet<br />
USB Power Adapter<br />
Bundled with four sets of wall blades,<br />
Quartet ($26, June) is more interesting for<br />
its four USB ports, which can charge four<br />
separate iPods at once if you supply the<br />
cables. Designed for travelers, it’s the first<br />
small 4-port charger we’ve seen.<br />
SendStation<br />
PocketDock<br />
Line Out Mini USB<br />
Every year, it seems like<br />
PocketDock gets a little smaller,<br />
and Line Out Mini USB ($30,<br />
July) follows the trend by using<br />
a mini USB plug rather than the<br />
larger version of its predecessor.<br />
Bundled with two minijack audio<br />
cables, it’s the smallest way to get<br />
both line-level audio out of an<br />
iPod and charging or syncing into<br />
it, assuming you provide the<br />
mini USB-to-USB cable<br />
and a power source.<br />
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