With the 3GS demanding practically permanent attachment to a power source like a morphine addict to an IV drip, bringing a car charger along to placate the iPhone on a road trip is simply mandatory.
But an iPhone without a Bluetooth headset or backpack battery to play with is both un-fun and/or treacherous. Monster‘s solution, then, is their new iCarCharger 800, a $30 charger that sports an inline USB port. Typical for a Monster product, the 800 veers toward being over-engineered, with gold-plated contacts and an output of one amp (most peripherals typically require only half that).
The other solution is an outlet splitter, an extra USB car plug and another cable; to which the iCarCharger 800 says, “I’m cheaper, less cluttered and I look damn hot. So, ha.”
