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Digital Music Eyewear From Oakley

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the listen-to-them-frames dept.

Mecha-A writes "Am I the only one that finds this insanely awesome? Oakley is marketing a new line of digital music eyewear in time for the holidays. $400-$500 is an obscene lot for a small USB MP3 player, but the coolness factor is way up there. Questions: Is a brand name like Oakley going to get this idea off the ground? Who's going to be first to market this same thing except with a 'now playing' HUD on the sunglasses?"

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  1. Lance wore these by after+fallout · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is very similar or the same as the eyewear that Lance Armstrong wore this year in the tour de France. His was only 128MB though.

  2. This is news? by capt.Hij · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is this news? These things have been heavily promoted by Oakley all summer. For example, if you watched any of the tour de france coverage you would have seen cyclists wearing them. Putting the story here is just one more way to get free publicity.

    Then again, I'm just pissed that Oakley hasnt given me a free pair yet...

  3. Link by CoreyGH · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is a link with a picture of Lance's MP3 sunglasses.

    http://www.tdfblog.com/2004/07/armstrongs_othe.htm l

  4. Re:Paying for "Oakley" not MP3 player by webroach · · Score: 4, Informative

    You're right, to an extent.

    These are a bit more than a normal pair of Oakleys. I have a pair of matte black polarized Oakleys, very understated, and I paid maybe $210 for them. Best eyewear I've ever owned, quality-wise. Some other styles do come near the $300 mark, I believe.

    That being said, I'd still prefer to just have a pair of sunglasses and my Rio Nitrus. I don't see the need for this combination, at least not until the get it a bit more compact.

    I find it ironic that people on Slashdot are bashing this. Maybe it isn't geeky enough.

  5. Re:Corrected links by StevenHenderson · · Score: 4, Informative

    The first one is Lil' John in case you didnt know...

  6. Calling the EyeTap / WearComp geeks... by Hobart · · Score: 4, Informative
    So does this mean that Prof. Steve Mann's 'borg sunglasses are cool now? :-)
    (for those who haven't seen his stuff before, he's come a long way from looking like the freaky guy from Lain towards practical cyborg wear...
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