Griffin’s SmartDeck Intelligent Cassette Adapter for iPod won a Best of Show award at MWSF. SmartDeck allows users to control their iPod using the built in controls of their cassette player. Using patent pending sensing technology, the SmartDeck determines which commands the cassette player sends to the iPod. SmartDeck is more than just a cassette adapter for iPod; it achieves truly seamless integration between iPod and cassette deck. Users can utilize the cassette deck’s forward and rewind buttons to advance to the next or prior songs in the iPod playlist. In addition, pause and stop buttons do what pause and stop buttons are expected to do. When the user hits the cassette deck’s Eject button or switches from Cassette to Radio, Griffin’s SmartPlay technology automatically pauses the iPod, when you turn off your car or the tape deck, the iPod turns off. Also, the SmartDeck will have the ability to control the iPod volume settings for optimal sound quality with your deck.<p>
Griffin plans to release the SmartDeck in the first quarter of 2005.