This should be standard equipment in every car made in the USA. Until then, the RoadTrip iPod charger and transmitter combo is a must-buy if you planning on spending any more than ten minutes driving. The RoadTrip charger plugs into the “dashboard power socket” (that’s cigarette lighter to you and me). While the iPod charges, it plays your mp3s over your car stereo’s FM radio. It works on any frequency between 88.1 and 107.9, and has a range of 40 feet. And check out that green LCD screen that lets you know which frequency you’re on! RoadTrip works just like those $900 car stereos, but at a fraction of the cost, and with ten times the tunes. People used to joke about taking their entire music collection with them on the road. Now you can.

Buy the RoadTrip iPod charger and transmitter from Sharper Image for $79.95.

This is the gift for the Transformer nut in your life. Hell, get two. You know you want one. The Beatmix Bumblebee Transformer is an iPod speaker that activates to the music. Yes, Bumblebee will dance to Coheed And Cambria, Metallica, or the new Fallout Boy. This is also a cool party toy - it samples your iPod collection and plays the songs back with Transformers sound effects from the new movie. The Beatmix Bumblebee is ten inches tall doesn’t even need to be plugged into an iPod. It can react to any music source in the room, if your stereo is loud enough. When the neighbors come round to see what all the noise is about, just tell ‘em you’re trying to make your Transformer dance.

Buy the Beatmix Bumblebee Tranformer for $39.95 from Sharper Image.