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Something like this? :

http://store.l-f-l.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.cgi?pg=prod&ref=DC-DC-90W

Don't know the site, but it was the first hit on Google.

BTW, this is the power supply I have:
http://www.crutchfield.com/S-kAhdhm8hxvW/p_539PP600/Duracell-Powerpack-600.html

It has a cigarette lighter port so may work.. Will try.. thanks..

For less money you get more hdd space

From who? All the ones I've seen you either get slightly more space for the same money or the same space for less money.

fm tuner

Usefull if you want it. But if people wanted it, they'd be buying players that have it, and not the iPod.

record and playback

Useless.

dolby compliance

AAC is from Dolby. If you're talking Dolby Digtial, who cares with headphones and lossy compression?

auto detection over most OS' as a USB mass storage device

News flash: so does the iPod.

Hech alot of them also support many other file formats

...and don't support others. You're trading AAC for WMA, and nobody outside of five posters on Slashdot gives a damn about Ogg.

and have no DRM

And what, exactly, is preventing you from having DRM free music on your iPod?

se rechargeable AAA or other standard cells instead of a hard to replace battery so that replacing it costs $9 not $99.

Pfft. Recharable AAA batteries last a fraction of 12 hours, take up a lot more space than built in batteries, and you'll spend more on alkaline batteries during the lifespan of the iPod's battery. And as long as you are doing it yourself, a new iPod battery is $30, not $100.

So obviously the iPod isn't winning because of it's technical merits. All I am saying that the iPod is king of the hill because of branding, and if anybody wants to unseat it, it has to have a strong brand.

What's obvious is that you are shooting your mouth off with absolutely no idea of what you are talking about. Technical merits? Who was the very first company to have an mp3 player with a 1.8" hard drive? Apple. Who was the first to use a 1.0" hard drive? Apple. Who used Firewire when other players used USB 1.1? Apple. Who has the best hardware and software interface? Apple. As another poster pointed out, Apple hasn't been using "dated technology", they've been bleeding edge. It's a fact, deal with it.

What you anti-fanboy's don't seem to realize is that the iPod came out with all around A+ features: capacity, size, software, hardware interface, and you seem to think that other manufacturers have an "iPod killer" because they have a couple more entries on a billeted list of features. But nobody gives a shit about voice recording (the next time you're in Best Buy check out the aisels filled with mp3 players and cd players and the two spots on one shelf in the entire store that contain voice recorders) and no one is going to watch a movie on a 2 inch screen. And inevitably, their players will suck ass in an area where Apple still has an A+, usually with the software or the user interface on the hardware.

Yes, Apple has a great brand in consumer audio right now. But that's because the iPod was great technically, not because of "branding", because before the iPod, they had no branding in consumer audio.

They even have ones for newer models and minis.

They even have ones for newer models and minis.

$98? Try $30. Dell is just trying to make Apple look bad by using this program to advertise iPod problems, which have been grossly overstated. My 1G 10GB iPod still gives me 6+ hours per charge. I know at least 10 other people with older iPods and none of them have had battery problems.

i call bullshit. for one, my guess is you are not an industrial designer. secondly, just because "standards" are there or emerging, or you'd wish there was a standard, has every chance, moral, and legal right to be irrelevant to Apple: if standards don't fit the bill, then fuck the standards, inferior devices can adhere to those standards and lose marketshare all they want to the sleeker iPod.

have you even looked at the shape of the battery we're talking about?. What trap door would accomodate that? you'd basically have to replace screws with ugly-protruding latches. change form factor? then the battery becomes bulgy and the iPod is no-longer slick and thin. i'm sure i'm barely scraping the surface. let's scrape some more though:

Part of the appeal of the whole Apple look is that it is one solid block of metal, no rugged edges, nothing to protrude, and yes that includes NO easy-to-open little battery door. Tiny digital cameras are NOT ipods. what you call tiny is actually way fucking bigger a form factor than an iPod. But again, beyond mere technical challenges, this whole issue is also about DESIGN. read my lips. D E S I G N. Nothing, absolutely nothing about the way Apple industrially designs its products is a result of a coincidence. Users like the iPod because it is simple. There isn't a lot of shit on it that catches the eye, things to fuck with that may confuse you, make you needlessly use your brain, and/or otherwise hurt the eye.

i've have litterally seen high-school chicks use the back of their fucking iPod as a make-up mirror. silly huh? guess what all their friends want for x-mas? Now. you wanna stick an ugly-ass trap-door to further mingle a pimple-ridden teenage chick's face? What about personalized engraved notes in the back of the iPod? If you want such note to live in an esthetically pleasing environment, while retaining all the attention, you can't have lines, holes, trap doors on the same surface. imagine a blank sheet of paper on your bed with a message in blue ink right at the center that says "thanks for last night". Now, imagine the same message written on the back of a shrivelled croissant-wrapper with the bakery's logo on it. not quite the same impact is it? it is that silly type of detailed attention to DESIGN, among many other features, that makes the iPod a truly unique consumer item. i'm sure Apple pays people to sit around all fucking day and think of the impact of silly shit like that. silly, but it works.

now. i understand people's frustration about their battery issues but hey, from a moral standpoint, that's the kinda shit they should have thought of before buying the iPod. $100 to change a battery is NOT the end of the world. I'll gladly pay $50 to some techie on top of the cost of the battery to ensure he successfully upgrades my battery without fuckin' it up. otherwise ill just do it myself. it ain't impossible to do. Even $100 is not a bad deal, Sony charges $100 for the rechargeable battery that fits their DSC P50 digital camera, and you don't really know you gotta buy the battery until after you buy the camera and realize that 2 AA batteries only let you take a few pictures. Unless you are like me and always read reviews of consumer products on amazon before buying. I'm not exactly seeing Sony being sued over this right now. legal foot to stand on? my ass. which brings me to my next point ...

from a legal standpoint, Apple never said their battery would last a lifetime. in fact Apple doesn't even advertise iPod as being a lifetime device. In fact what piece of consumer electronics ever makes such claims? NONE. NOT ONE. this is why Best Buy, Good Guys, Fry's

i call bullshit. for one, my guess is you are not an industrial designer. secondly, just because "standards" are there or emerging, or you'd wish there was a standard, has every chance, moral, and legal right to be irrelevant to Apple: if standards don't fit the bill, then fuck the standards, inferior devices can adhere to those standards and lose marketshare all they want to the sleeker iPod.

have you even looked at the shape of the battery we're talking about?. What trap door would accomodate that? you'd basically have to replace screws with ugly-protruding latches. change form factor? then the battery becomes bulgy and the iPod is no-longer slick and thin. i'm sure i'm barely scraping the surface. let's scrape some more though:

Part of the appeal of the whole Apple look is that it is one solid block of metal, no rugged edges, nothing to protrude, and yes that includes NO easy-to-open little battery door. Tiny digital cameras are NOT ipods. what you call tiny is actually way fucking bigger a form factor than an iPod. But again, beyond mere technical challenges, this whole issue is also about DESIGN. read my lips. D E S I G N. Nothing, absolutely nothing about the way Apple industrially designs its products is a result of a coincidence. Users like the iPod because it is simple. There isn't a lot of shit on it that catches the eye, things to fuck with that may confuse you, make you needlessly use your brain, and/or otherwise hurt the eye.

i've have litterally seen high-school chicks use the back of their fucking iPod as a make-up mirror. silly huh? guess what all their friends want for x-mas? Now. you wanna stick an ugly-ass trap-door to further mingle a pimple-ridden teenage chick's face? What about personalized engraved notes in the back of the iPod? If you want such note to live in an esthetically pleasing environment, while retaining all the attention, you can't have lines, holes, trap doors on the same surface. imagine a blank sheet of paper on your bed with a message in blue ink right at the center that says "thanks for last night". Now, imagine the same message written on the back of a shrivelled croissant-wrapper with the bakery's logo on it. not quite the same impact is it? it is that silly type of detailed attention to DESIGN, among many other features, that makes the iPod a truly unique consumer item. i'm sure Apple pays people to sit around all fucking day and think of the impact of silly shit like that. silly, but it works.

now. i understand people's frustration about their battery issues but hey, from a moral standpoint, that's the kinda shit they should have thought of before buying the iPod. $100 to change a battery is NOT the end of the world. I'll gladly pay $50 to some techie on top of the cost of the battery to ensure he successfully upgrades my battery without fuckin' it up. otherwise ill just do it myself. it ain't impossible to do. Even $100 is not a bad deal, Sony charges $100 for the rechargeable battery that fits their DSC P50 digital camera, and you don't really know you gotta buy the battery until after you buy the camera and realize that 2 AA batteries only let you take a few pictures. Unless you are like me and always read reviews of consumer products on amazon before buying. I'm not exactly seeing Sony being sued over this right now. legal foot to stand on? my ass. which brings me to my next point ...

from a legal standpoint, Apple never said their battery would last a lifetime. in fact Apple doesn't even advertise iPod as being a lifetime device. In fact what piece of consumer electronics ever makes such claims? NONE. NOT ONE. this is why Best Buy, Good Guys, Fry's

> You really are an Apple zealot in the worst sense.
That's why I have two Windows PCs next to my desk that I use every day, and have used every Windows OS since 3.1. That's why I make money doing Windows support and stuff. Cos I'm an Apple zealot. Yeah, that's it. Christ, why does every article that mentions Apple have to turn into a "you're wrong because you [do/do not] use a Mac" debate? I'm simply stating facts here. It sounds like you're just pissed off because Apple, for a couple of brief years, has a lead in marketshare in this particular field. So what?

> Not everybody can afford to buy a new iPod in 18 months
Everyone's seen that silly video where the guy goes around spraypainting that the iPod battery "only lasts 18 months." So one guy used his iPod so much (and probably didn't observe good charging habits) that it dies sooner than expected. Or perhaps it was just defective. Big fucking deal. Every once in a while a battery is either defective, or someone uses a battery a whole lot, and it doesn't last as long as it's supposed to. This is true for any battery-powered device. Don't tell me you really believe no laptop or cellphone battery ever died unexpectedly. And so the iPod battery is no different than any battery. I know tons of people who have had iPods longer than that which are still fine (and in fact none with dead batteries). And sure, it's not "user-replaceable" in the classical sense. But you can replace it yourself , and if you can post on Slashdot, I think you can read the directions and do it.

> And I don't know where the hell you got the $50 battery -
This is where the hell I got the $49 battery. If only there were a website where one could type in terms and find web pages relevant to them! Oh, wait, there is. It's called a search engine .

> Apple charges $99 and you have to give up your iPod to get a different one. How nice.
See this link.