Pez to Dispense Music instead of Sweets

Elteto writes "News.com has a story on Lincoln West Studios entering a licensing agreement with Pez Candy to manufacture MP3 players based on the popular candy dispenser format. As the devices will be compatible with the line of detachable heads, including the latest Star Wars character heads, this new product could be a hit with both the candy an the gadget crowds. I bet the idea also ignites creativity in many who wonder how they could insert the guts of small MP3 players such as the iPod Shuffle into various objects. The designer of the Pez MP3 player says his inspiration was the Altoid tin can."

Comments

Re:warning

[afstanton]

Frightening way to dispense candy...or listen to music...

Here's the PezMP3 site

[objekt]

http://www.pezmp3.com/

Specs

[dannytaggart]

From the blog of the guy who designed it:

# The first version will be 512mb.
# There will be six buttons along one of the skinny sides.
# There will be an LCD screen.
# The head will be removeable and compatible with existing PEZ heads.
# The first production run will be small and made in the USA.
# The first production run will be early summer.
# Supports MP3, WMA, OGG, USB 2.0, mounts as flash drive.
# No voice record, no FM tuner, no Bluetooth, no Janus (Napster to Go.)
# Will be sold direct to consumer from this website (may go into retail channels later.)

Janus-compatible players

[dannytaggart]

I haven't looked into Janus much, but this ZDNet article mentions that Dell, Creative, and Rio will be offering mp3 players supporting Janus. Some players that support it:

Creative Zen Portable Media Center
iRiver PMC-120
Gateway MP3 Photo Jukebox (4GB)
iRiver H10 (5GB)
iRiver H320 (20GB)

STOLEN IDEA FROM HACKADAY!

[duguk]

"The designer of the Pez MP3 player says his inspiration was the Altoid tin can."

Riiiiight, so he didn't get it from

http://www.hackaday.com/entry/6336767343487544/
or
http://crap.mousetoy.com/pez.html

"this "hack" is making the rounds, so i wanted to get it up here. with usb drives getting smaller and cheaper, there's pretty much no end to where you could potentially put them. in this example, a pez dispenser. i'm pretty sure companies like pez may even be offering up these of their own soon with content on the drives along with that sweet sweet candy. post up other weird things that can or have been used a usb drive..."

Dug

Re:Altoid tins are fun

[Rebar]

Or you can just use the case as both a ground and somthing to solder to. Here's a picture of an audio amplifier for boosting weak headphone output to listenable levels for speakers. It sounds better with a couple altoids in it (not really, but maybe we can sell that to the audiophile community?)

It's one of a kind, that's for sure.