Monday, November 15, 2004
MP3s Go Thump With Oakley Shades
...It has no cords or wires. The music player is built into the temples of the glasses, as are the “sonic expansion speakers"--those would be the earpieces--which are on adjustable booms that slide in and out, and can swing away from your ears if you need to hear what is going on around you.
...Oakley (nyse: OO - news - people ) says it created a new product category: digital music eyewear. The intended market is not international cricketers, but “Active Young Professionals,” “Athletic Adults” and “Tech Fashionable” buyers. Fitting that description fantastically, I shed my flannels and took an engineering sample of the Oakley Thump for a spin along the streets of New York.