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ACCESSORY GUIDE<br />
IPAD 2 BUYERS’ GUIDE<br />
In-Car Accessories<br />
Though no developer has yet released an iPod-style inexpensive charger with integrated audio output,<br />
or a mounting solution with a charger built in, separate iPad accessories can be combined for these<br />
purposes with generally positive results. Here are the best options we’ve tested over the past year.<br />
New Potato TuneLink Auto<br />
It looks simple in photos, but TuneLink Auto<br />
actually represents a new paradigm in car<br />
accessories: an app-assisted, “wires optional”<br />
car audio kit. You plug in a small charging<br />
bulb with Bluetooth wireless hardware and an<br />
FM transmitter inside, then choose whether to<br />
connect it to your iPad for full-speed charging,<br />
or the car’s line-in port if it has one. All music<br />
and FM transmitter commands are<br />
sent wirelessly from one or more iOS<br />
devices to your stereo. Neat idea.<br />
$100<br />
Kensington PowerBolt<br />
Micro for iPad/iPhone<br />
Still the smallest iPad-ready<br />
car charger, PowerBolt Micro<br />
barely protrudes from a<br />
car’s power port, and has a<br />
detachable cable. It<br />
works well and takes<br />
almost no space.<br />
$25<br />
Griffin PowerJolt Plus<br />
Going past simple car<br />
chargers, Griffin’s PowerJolt<br />
Plus has two features that<br />
some users will appreciate:<br />
a coiled cable that takes up<br />
less space when not in use,<br />
and a pass-through charging<br />
port so that your iPad can charge at full speed while allowing<br />
another charger to share the car’s power outlet at<br />
the same time. Useful for standalone GPS users and<br />
people with other aftermarket car electronics.<br />
$30<br />
XtremeMac<br />
InCharge Auto<br />
Conventional though it may<br />
be, InCharge Auto continues<br />
XtremeMac’s tradition of cleanlooking<br />
car accessories, with a<br />
dark gray cable and<br />
a 2.1-Amp fast iPad<br />
charging bulb.<br />
$25<br />
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