Griffin Technology's Dock Adapter for your 2G iPod Shuffle

Whether or not those first-generation Shuffle docks were fruitless or not isn't exactly up for debate, but at least Griffin Technology's 2G Dock Adapter serves some purpose beyond that of a grossly overpriced extension apparatus. The long-winded Dock Adapter for iPod Shuffle is compatible with all 2G Shuffles, and as predicted, connects your diminutive DAP to any other dock-connecting device. The thin unit allows 2G Shuffles to take part in the iPod speaker system mayhem, and additionally, it touts a flip switch to take it from charging mode to playback mode. Unfortunately, there's no word just yet on a price or future release date, but rest assured it'll be entirely more expensive than it should be whenever it lands.

[Via OhGizmo]

[manfesto @ Apr 19th 2007 7:06PM]

According to the "read" link, it's going to be $19.99.

[rTwelve @ Apr 19th 2007 7:30PM]

And my Best Buy has had it for a couple of weeks at least now.

[Andrew @ Apr 19th 2007 9:10PM]

We've had this at the Apple Store, for a couple of weeks at 19.99.

[Mike @ Apr 19th 2007 9:47PM]

Like the others say, it's been at Best Buy for about a month now at $19.99. Must be a slow news day.

[zoara @ Apr 20th 2007 6:59AM]

David,

The response this article has had seems par for the course. People seem to take the anonimity of the Internet as a chance to criticise.

I think we're going to look back on Web 2.0, not as "the revolution of user-generated content", but as "the revolution of user-generated criticism".

Unfortunately, the legacy of user-generated content (eg usenet) implies that once a medium passes that tipping point of rudeness and anarchy (eg for Usenet it was September 1993) it never recovers. You'll get the odd oasis of considered, considerate conversation but most places will be just critical shouting.

I've noticed that in the past couple of weeks Engadget has been criticised for both breaking stories too late (by a whole three days) or breaking too early (before the facts were fully known). You also regulary get accused of reporting too positively / negatively (delete as appropriate) on Microsoft / Sony / Apple / Other (delete as appropriate). So it looks like whatever you do, you can't win.

I just hope that you stick it out despite the haters, and that one day, once this Web 2.0 cliched fad passes, Engadget will become one of those oases of calm consideration rather than the wastegrounds of childish abuse. I'd like to think it will.

Personally, I'd like to thank you for what you do. You may not get the news reported the very second it breaks; you may make mistakes; you may not cover everything, or cover more on a particular subject than interests me; you may make jokes that some people don't find funny (FWIW, I love your style of cynical irony)... but you provide something that keeps me coming back, and that something is a regular window onto the world of gadgets. That's what I want, and that's what I get; in my mind the only downside to Engadget is the critical comments from people who couldn't do half the job you do if they could be bothered to try.

I suspect that this post will end up being rated down by all the other commenters, but hey, I've said my piece.

By the way, I didn't get paid for last month's brown-nosing session, so this is the last one until my money comes through, mmmkay?

[DorianGray @ Apr 20th 2007 9:38AM]

@zoara

Word! Thanks for that conscientious, well thought-out praise of the Engadget crew and reflective treatise on Web 2.0 as a whole. Excellent!

[David @ Apr 20th 2007 3:10PM]

Is there something else out there like this that converts the iPod shuffle's "headphone port" to the ipod dock connector port without the plastic to fit into the regular ipod dock?

I have an ipod connector installed in my car stereo but obviously now the new ipod shuffle doesn't connect to it since it just has the headphone jack.