April 17, 2006
First MP3 jacket that interrupts music for cell phone call
The previously featured German company Interactive Wear is also offering the O’Neill Hub, which they claim is the first Snowboard jacket that allows its wearer to listen to mp3 music while still being contactable on the cell phone. The jacket comes with an inbuilt MP3 player, bluetooth, a microphone that’s integrated in the jacket collar and a control panel sewn into the jacket arm. Headphones can be connected to the jacket to listen to music, and when your bluetooth compatible cell phone rings, the jacket automatically pauses the music and let’s you take the call.
My only problem is that the integrated MP3 player only has a storage capacity of 128MB. Come on guys, what do I need the 8 hours of battery power for if I have to listen to the same songs over and over again?
[…] As an exiled Bavarian I just had to post this: a traditional Bavarian Lederhose equipped with Bluetooth and integrated MP3 player remote control. You can see the MP3 control elements in the photo. Apart from the fact that a traditional custome is married with modern technology, I think this is also the first implementation of leather controls, rather than the previously reported fabric controls. […]
[…] G-Tech is releasing an Ipod enabled bag. The bag uses the same textile buttons as the ones that can be found on MP3 or Ipod compatible jackets to operate your audio device remotely, ie without having to pull it out of the bag. The bag is also equipped with an external speaker, so that you can share you music with everyone around you. Nothing like a bike courier racing through a red light with Highway to Hell blaring from his bag… […]