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Amp Pack for iPod

Posted by pudge on from the yikes-indeed dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "iPodlounge is reporting that Burton/Apple will soon be introducing an Amp Pack backpack featuring the very cool SoftSwitch Technology to control your iPod via internal cabling. Like the Amp Jacket introduced at Macworld SF 2003, there is a pocket for iPod and it's controlled using a built in remote control. Here's the kicker, it will cost $200! Yikes."

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  1. Money by isorox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thats a lot of money, but when you consider that an Ipod might store upto 4,000 dongs, you'll be owing the RIAA $600 million dollars if you fill it up. After that, the $200 doesnt seem too bad

    1. Re:Money by NSObject · · Score: 5, Funny

      "an Ipod might store upto 4,000 dongs"

      Whoa. Pianist Envy.

    2. Re:Money by Chuqmystr · · Score: 2, Funny

      4,000 dongs? No wonder that redheaded witch Ms. Rosen is so wound up about this whole MP3 thingie. Why, I think she should just get herself an iPod and lock herself in a room and STFU!

  2. Sounds like a GREAT idea... by thetzar · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Here, let me mount this $400 piece of highly-desirable electronics behind my back, in an open mesh pocket, behind sturdy feeling-insulation."

    I'm actually looking forward to this. By the time the next guy on the street turns around... I'll finally have an iPod!

  3. Re:remote? by Ponty · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you get to look like a Borg!

  4. Re:If only they'd make a car unit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    calm down. rofl. with an attitude like that you're going to shit your pants and give yourself a heart-attack. You sound like one of pixars 'ants' who lost his way when the leaf lands in front of him. just be calm man. be calm. Smoke some weed or something if you can't do it naturally.

  5. Re:A note to Apple: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's a fucking hard drive with headphones. What exactly do you want them to upgrade? Your ears?

  6. Apple and wearables? by thatguywhoiam · · Score: 2, Funny
    Anyone else get the distinct impression that Apple is dipping a toe into the Wearable Computing pool?

    While MIT-style pie-in-the-sky prototypes are cool, I've always felt that wearables will start with basic needs, like the Amp jacket and now the backpack. They seem simple, sure, but the fact that these have cable-runs in them, and permanent (washable!) controls, are definitely a step towards smart clothes and apparal.

    If there was a jacket that had a basic, durable, waterproof microphone in the collar, and a cable run to a headphone jack, I'd be all over that. Of course, the real way to go would be Blootoof, but still...

    Apple is just the kind of company to do these things, especially partnered with Burton. Not really being serious, but imagine...

    Dell Jacket - very cheap, comes in beige, performs well but looks like ass
    Gateway jacket - cow spots, say no more
    Microsoft jacket - automagically transforms into straightjacket when you play an illegal MP3, calls the police

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