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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. Am I supposed to identify with these guys ? by obarthelemy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I guess I am not in the target market (then again, I'm 36 and French): the very large face shots that illustrate the product actually repulse me.

    Why don't they just sell a product instead of a lifestyle ?

    Apart from the fact that I find the sades both ugly and flashy, I find the idea quite good... 1 item less to carry. Oh wait, my bluetooth phone already does MP3 and FM.

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  2. the coolness factor by dncsky1530 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the coolness factor is way up there.

    For the price of the sunglasses you can get an iPod, which also has a great coolness factor plut the functionality.

    When I go to buy sunglasses I look for the ones that are lite and easy to put in my pocket, these sunglasses look pretty similr to a science project where you tape a USB memory stick mp3 player and tape it to a pair of sunglasses. Definately not worth 395$ or even half that. Of course thats just my opinion, i'm sure i don't speak for most people