My beloved Maryna purchased me an iPod recently, and to keep it company she also purchased an iTrip and a base station. Wow! The iPod is awesome. Love it. The iTrip... I'm not loving so much. Its performance depends heavily on the quality of the receiving antennae... and well mine aren't so great. It works okay in my car as long as I hold it above the front seats (my antenna is in the back windshield ). In my house the range varies wildly depending on what day it is and what the weather and atmosphere are like ;( I can get anywhere from 10-20 feet away from the radio. Tonight I tried using a headset radio, I thought it would be nice to wear the headset and be able to move around the lab without having to take the headphones off but it didn't work out because the headset could only pick up the iPod signal from about 3 feet away :(
To recap: iPod is good, I love it. iTrip is okay, probably not worth buying. The base station is nice, but it would be nicer if I had a desktop macintosh instead of a laptop (like I've got) - it just doesn't make as much since.
