Next Generation of MP3 Glasses

Doggie Fizzle writes "A review of the Nu Tech Dark Shadow 256MB MP3 Sunglasses shows one of the latest attempts to multitask common items, whether we want it or not. The Oakley Thumps may have come first, but at 3x the cost of Nu Tech Dark Shadows, even frugal geeks can look smooth... From the review: "I am a sucker for any tool or gadget that tries to combine more than one use or function into a single item, but I also have learned from experience that many times such items fail to perform well at any of the tasks they were designed to do.""

Comments

obviously

[yagu]

Obviously not a Unix person.

From the slashdot article:

From the review: "I am a sucker for any tool or gadget that tries to combine more than one use or function into a single item,..."

or he'd already have known:

that many times such items fail to perform well at any of the tasks they were designed to do...

girls

[uberjoe]

All I want are those x-ray specs I ordered from boy's life 15 years ago.

Just great.

[hal2814]

So now when I lose my sunglasses (which happens a LOT), I've also lost my 256MB mp3 player? No thanks.

Not even worth checking out.

[mmell]

When I was in school at Berzerkely, I supported myself as a personal care attendant assisting the physically handicapped. A (frighteningly intelligent and insightful) friend of mine once commented that I could design the ultimate cybernetic prosthesis, one which could replace any damaged body part and work perfectly, but that the vast majority of those with physical handicaps would shun my invention if it didn't look good - i.e., most physically handicapped people would choose a good-looking but non-functional prosthetic over a functioning but ugly one. I confirmed this by talking candidly with many of my clients.

Somehow, I just don't see these things catching on. They're ugly.

$500??

[stavromueller]

500 bucks?? That's Frugal???? No thank you...I'll buy an iPod and duct-tape it to the back of my head.