This past Sunday I ran a survey to see what y'all thought of iPod FM tra mitters - the good, the bad and the ugly. I figured that since I weeded through all the comments, I should let you guys know whether you gave this particular category of iPod acce ories a thum up or down.The greater majority of you really weren't that fond of FM tra mitters, the two largest reaso being signal unreliability and overall audio quality. Many of the FM tra mitter haters recommended going with solutio like ca ette adapters, FM modulators or a full-on dedicated stereo with iPod-friendly i uts.
Among the still-healthy pro-FM tra mitter crowd however, there were three clear favorites: Ke ington, Griffin and Mo ter. This was really helpful in narrowing down my optio , and I think I'm going to do some more digging on those and what all this FM stuff is about before dro ing another ~ $70-80 or more on something like this.
Ultimately, since my wife always beats me to the Matrix anyway (and she already made me sleep on the couch for dro ing $80 on an iPod acce ory), I opted to go with a $15 ca ette adapter for now (on a side note: it's hilarious what acce ory makers can get away with by sla ing iPod branding on ca ette tape adapters these days). I know, I know: a cheap and simple solution for all the awesome feedback you readers offered, but until AOL (remember: they bought Weblogs, Inc. last year. You're reading an AOL blog! Mwahaha!) sends the 6-figure job offer my way, I'll have to wait on the pimped out touch-screen iPod + Car Borg%26trade; adapter (heck AOL, I'll even take a 5-figure job!). When I do get around to finding that perfect iPod/Borg/acce ory thingy, trust me: you'll be the first to know. Resistance, after all, is futile.
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