In-car thumbdrive dock and FM transmitter

A neat but frustrating device from Japanese firm MIB: a USB-ported FM transmitter that plugs into your car's cigar lighter. Slot in a USB thumb drive with some mp3s on it and you can beam them to your radio using the Cigar Song Lighter? FMP3's simple play and cue buttons. (The question mark in the name is apparently intended, presumably to flag the Lost In Translation-style pun on "lighter" and "writer".) You can also plug in a USB card reader and play back stuff on whatever flavour of memory card pleases you most. At Y12,800 (about $115) it's an uneasy pricing point,
though at least you don't have to worry about battery life.