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We've never been on the volunteer cheerleading squad for FM
transmitters; in our experience, they're downright useless in cities
or other areas that actually have a large amount of radio stations
nearby. But we'll hand it to New Potato Technologies -- this may be
the slickest implementation yet. The newly announced TuneLink Auto
looks like a typical cigarette adapter charger at first glance, but
within, there's technology that accepts audio over Bluetooth and then
sends it out over FM. This prevents users from having to connect a
dongle of any kind to their iPad, iPod touch or iPhone, but the built-
in USB port is actually capable of charging all three should you
choose. There's even a 3.5mm output jack for channeling the tunes to a
3.5mm input on your head unit, and the (necessary) accompanying
iDevice app should hit the App Store soon for absolutely nothing. The
hardware itself is available now from New Potato for $99.99, and it'll
hit "select retail locations" in a fortnight or so for the same amount.
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