In the time that I have owned iPods and iPhone I have purchased and used many FM transmitters from different manufacturers. Each time I received roughly the same result of low volume and sound quality (Griffin, Belkin, Kensington, others). I recently purchased the TomTom iPhone app and wanted a good solution for an FM transmitter and a device that would hold my iPhone in clear view for GPS and to easily change stations. To my delight I ran across the Canada Drive Safe site and their COMPLETE iPhone FM Transmitter. I have included a video review of the device below on YouTube. This device blows all the other FM transmitters I have owned out of the water – totally in a class of its own. If you are in the market be sure to check them out at http://www.canadadrivesafe.ca/
I have been using Midomi for some time now on my iPhone and have found it to be a useful tool. I’m still using FM radio in my truck and find it a great way to hear new music and a large variety of music since I scan around the stations. My new best friend for long trips is Midomi. This neat little application will record audio input or take text input and supply a list of suggested song matches. You can grab a song from the radio, sing or hum a tune, or enter part of the lyrics. 99.9% of the time I use the grab function to simply identify a song I’ve found on the radio and then bookmark it to download on iTunes later when I get back home. I’ve built some cool CDs this way and it has been a great way to extend my music collection and listening genre. I know there’s a couple other similar iPhone apps so post your thoughts on this and competing tools. You can find Midomi on the App Store …. just search for it by name.
