SiK introduces the Pimp automobile charger

Accessory vendor SiK has announced the Pimp automobile charger and
audio accessory. The unfortunately-named Pimp—which apparently gets
that name by adding a P to the name of the company's older, similar
Imp accessory—charges your iPod or iPhone from your car's accessory
(cigarette-lighter) jack while providing a 3.5mm audio output for
playing your iPod or iPhone's audio through your car stereo.

The aluminum-and-stainless-steel Pimp connects to your iPod or
iPhone's dock-connector port both to provide power to the player and
to grab the dock-connector port's higher-quality, line-level audio
signal. The accessory includes a three-foot cable and works with both
iPhone models as well as all dockable iPods since the iPod mini. (It
provides power via USB circuitry, so it cannot charge third-generation
and earlier iPods that require power via FireWire circuitry.)
According to SiK, the Pimp includes a replaceable fuse and power
filtering.

The $55 Pimp is currently available for pre-order directly from the
company's Web site, and should be available for purchase from other
vendors "soon."