A couple of editors from iPodLounge went to the product launch for Oakley’s Thump MP3 sunglasses and came away fairly impressed, saying the sound quality and the fit were both very nice. I personally cringe every time I see them—people wearing them look like a cover of a bad 3DO game—and I cringe doubly when I see the price: $500 for 256MB.
But I can sort of get with iPodLounge when they say the concept in general is solid, and that a 2.0 version might be one to keep an eye on. If they’d do a pair in aviator-style glasses, for instance, with out-board memory upgrades in the form of miniature orbiting F-14s, I buy that in an instant.
Backstage: Hands-On Oakley’s Thump MP3 Sunglasses [iPodLounge]
