Mar 24 2007
Marware USB Travel Dock for iPod Shuffle (2G)
When I got the press release for the Marware USB Travel Dock for iPod Shuffle (2G) and saw the pictures, it actually tempted me to get an iPod shuffle. I previously owned the 1G iPod shuffle and was less than thrilled with it, but when the folks at Dr. Bott sent me a Travel Dock to review, I could no longer resist the 2G iPod shuffle’s siren song. Consulting with my friends on Twitter for the best color, I went out and bought an orange iPod shuffle to write this review.
The Marware USB Travel Dock for iPod Shuffle takes the dock Apple packages with the shuffle, does away with the 40″ cord and hides a nifty little blue “power on” LED in the device.
The USB Travel Dock designed for traveling and that is just what it is best at. The standard dock is meant to sit on your desk and wait for you to attach your iPod shuffle to it to charge and synchronize with iTunes–it’s a desk accessory. This device fits nicely in your briefcase or backpack and, when attached to your shuffle, transforms it into a 1GB thumb drive that you can plug into the USB port on your laptop while you leech bandwidth at your local coffee shop without scattering a cable on the table.
It’s simple and slick. Reviews for products like this boil down to “does it do what it is supposed to?” and “do you like what it does?” Well, I have to say that the Marware USB Travel Dock comes through on both accounts. The Marware USB Travel Dock for iPod shuffle sells for USD$19.95 from Dr. Bott.
