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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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