Yeah, that charger's actually kinda cool. I'm always wary of stuff like that, only because there's always the chance that I'll connect it, and have the iPod say that the charger isn't authorized...take a long stare at both the charger and the iPod, realize the charger is innocent, and throw it away instead only because it was so much cheaper.
@Kaiser-Machead's Cookie-Powered LEGO Machine: (phil from MAKE here) -- i helped get the mintyboost project going, each time there was an iPod updated all the store-bought charges would stop working. with the mintyboost you can always update it - i've had the same one for years.
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