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Apple and Nike Team up for iPod Shoe Interface

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the thousands-of-pasty-white-geeks-cry-out-in-terror dept.

lyonsden writes "Apple and Nike are teaming up to provide runners a system to integrate their shoes and their iPod. A $30 antenna will connect an iPod nano with special shoes to provide pedometer functions."

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  1. glavin! by MrSquirrel · · Score: 0, Troll

    What happens when you combine and overpriced media player with an overpriced shoe? MAGIC! Oh, wait... I meant to say HORRIBLE CONCEPTS. Pedometers are cheap, media players are expensive (specifically overpriced iPods), and Nike makes poor-quality overly-costly shoes. Even if it wasn't an iPod -- let's say it was a universal mp3 player adapter for your shoes... I'm not going to stick an expensive and fragile electronic device IN MY SMELLY SHOES (maybe if they were loafers, but this is suppossed to be for excercise!)! Come on Apple, what happened to your pizazz! Shoes + mp3 player?... I would expect this kind of CRAP from Sony, but not you. You've changed Apple, you've changed.

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