Gonna have to upgrade to this

After your fourth or fifth time ending up in a ditch or a swimming pool or a tree while attempting to find a good FM frequency to push your iPod tunes to your car stereo, you're likely looking for a better way to live. (I had to change at least 10 times driving for one hour in Chicago this weekend). Lucky for you, Belkin has been hard at work over-engineering the problem to death, and has finally emerged with the new TuneCast Auto Live FM Transmitter. The device is "specifically compatible" with iPhone OS 3.0, and pulls GPS data from the phone to figure out the clearest FM frequency to use based on "geographical" data and on the recommendations of other local users. It's all controllable from the iPhone interface with the free ClearScan Live app, which reduces device juggling, but the unit also works with the iPod touch, iPod classic and iPod nano. It'll be available early this fall for $80.

[via Engadget]

DLO’s TuneStik Packs Double Punch

How does it work that DLO has come up with yet another cool iPod add-on that I like? It works like magic. The latest offering is the TuneStik. At first look, it’s just another FM transmitter for the dock connector. But then you notice the little FM transmitter and realize it’s a combo remote control unit/FM transmitter. Cool. But then it gets even better.

DLO has included a dock pass-through, so you can still charge, sync, or whatever while the TuneStik is attached. This means you can use the wireless FM remote to control your trusty iPod with pretty much any other iPod gear you’ve got in a number of FM radio-friendly configurations. Nice.

The TuneStik doesn’t need batteries, it draws its power from the iPod’s, meaning only one thing to charge, which we like. Look for it to be made available at most retailers that sell iPod gear at about $60 soon, if not today.

Hit the jump for the product page. [Tunestik via Crunchgear]