Charging 3G ipod in car through Griffin iTrip

i recently bought griffin's itrip for dock connector ipods--i have a 3rd generation one--to play though my car stereo. i would now like to purchase a car charger that can charge while the iTrip is still attached to the ipod. griffin makes such a charger called "powerjolt" that can connect to the itrip via mini USB and therefore charge the ipod while it plays through the radio (the iTrip hooks into the bottom of the ipod and uses the ipods battery power). the griffin site says that this device is not compatible with 3G ipods (because it uses a USB cable if one were to charge straight to the ipod), but i would like to know if there is anyone out there who has has a similar situation and has found that the mini usb connection is enough to bypass the compatibility issue. I'd appreciate any help!
3G ipod Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Many iPod (and some iPhone!) car accessory charge units use the obsolete Firewire connection which is no longer used in the iPhone 3G or latest iPods. This is in spite of the fact that Apple announced long ago that Firewire support would be discontinued for iPhones and iPods.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1476
The only fix is to refit your car with a USB charger.
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