There are a few specialty docks for the iPod kicking around out there, but none that I know of that can do what the ($149) can: allow you to sync new content to your iPod while it's in your living room connected to your stereo/TV. Aside from allowing you to initiate remote syncs from your computer (which would basically be about laziness), the wiDock has a button on it that lets you sync right from the dock. If you have your iPod set up to sync new audio and video podcasts, this means you can grab the latest shows without dealing with your computer, although it has to be turned on.
Setting up the wiDock sounds easy; you connect the dock to your computer via Ethernet or USB and run the installer, which pushes a small file to your iPod that enables iTunes to find it on your wireless network. After that, iTunes will treat the Wi-Fi-connected iPod as if it were actually connected to the computer (and allow the remote syncing mentioned above) – something Silex President Hubbert Smith called an SVL, or secure virtual link.
The wiDock to your television via S-Video, to your stereo using a standard 3.5mm headphone jack, and to either your wireless-equipped computer or wireless router. An IR port on the front lets you control playback and volume using Apple's simple remote control, and the dock supports WEP, WPA, and WPA2 wireless security. – Eliot Van Buskirk
