September 4, 2008
travel tip #7
Everyone travels with an iPod, right? Right.
How do you charge it?
An iPod can only be charged via the stupid dock connector, which means you have to bring an extra cable of some sort. Most people I’ve seen have the normal cable with an iPod connection on one end, and a USB connection on the other end.
Carrying extra cables sucks, though, because they get tangled on everything.
So what to do? Get one of these: Griffin iTrip
The iTrip has a mini-USB connection on the bottom and you can charge your iPod through it.
Most people are already bringing a USB to mini-USB cable anyway, to connect a camera to a computer, so this tip means that cable can do double-duty. Alternatively, many phones these days charge via a mini-USB connector, so you could use your phone charger as well.
[If only I could charge my Motorola phone via a normal USB to mini-USB cable, I'd be set, because I could just siphon power from my laptop, but for some reason, it requires using the dumb Moto charger. Bleah!]
The iTrip is compact, light, and doesn’t get tangled up with the rest of your stuff. And as an added bonus, you now get to be DJ at any hostel that has a simple radio. Success!
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