A few weeks back, I entered a contest on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) for a Griffin RoadTrip. This is a device that acts as an in-car dock for your iPod so you can use your Pod through your car stereo. What you had to do to enter was take a photo of the current method you use to play your Pod in your car and link to it from the comments section of the contest announcement page.
Not that many people entered the contest (maybe a dozen total) and, since my method was quite Rube Goldbergesque, I thought I stood a pretty good chance of winning.
I was wrong.
And I was upset about not winning.
The primary reason I was upset was because Katie and I recently picked up the DLO TransPod -- another dock very akin to the RoadTrip -- for her iPod and car and we love it! The reception is fantastic and the signal is of a much higher power than what I get out of my dinky little Belkin TuneCast II. I've used her DLO a few times and it's always hard to give it back to her.
I thought that I would resolve this by winning the RoadTrip... and save about $90 in the process.
However, I was checking out TUAW yesterday morning and saw a new post... one that had me very excited...
It seems that the fine people at Griffin are going to be giving all the contest entrants a new RoadTrip. And the winner of the contest is going to get a "goodie bag full of Griffin gear."
Now that's just too cool! When I read this, my heart skipped a beat because doPi deserves so much better than the slipshod broadcast setup he currently plays through. I want high quality sound, not the static I currently live with.
Thank you to both Griffin and TUAW! You've made my weekend!
