Drop, charge, and lose the cords
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- Reviewed on: 07/26/2006
- Released on: 06/28/2006
The MobileTune looks and feels like a shifter knob, though you'd never accidentally mistake it for your car's because it's short and compact. The 5-inch-long device plugs into the car lighter adapter and a 26-inch cable attaches to an iPod dock connector. Because the knob section has a diameter of about 2 inches, you might have trouble fitting the transmitter into tight spaces, though we didn't encounter any problems. In fact, its compact size makes for easy transport, and it doesn't bulk up your dash area like the dock-style DLO TransPod.
Speck states, "The MobileTune is the model of sophistication in a category rampant with dull plastic devices." While it may not seem sophisticated to everyone, it's certainly not dull. The bottom half of the knob is made of genuine leather, while the control area on top is made of chromelike plastic (almost cheap-looking). You rotate the controller in either direction (the finger grips make this easy to do) to change the frequency on the tiny LCD. While you can tune to every frequency (88.1, 88.2, 88.3...107.9), you don't get a common and useful FM transmitter feature: presets. So if you channel-hop, depending on the area your driving in, you'll have to do this manually. The LCD's size and the fact that it can be difficult to read in daylight add to the chore.
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