MP3 Players: Oakley Thump 2
Oakley are back for a second attempt at building an MP3 player into a pair of sunglasses, undeterred by the bad reaction to the original Thump. Gizmodo were luucky enough to get their hands on a pair and do see that Oakley have made good progress:
It was the Thump 2, the offspring of the much-maligned Thump which, as we all know, went great with a bottle of Cobra and a mullet. What fiend dare intrude upon my post-Thanksgiving torpor with a pair of potentially NASCAR-inducing sunglasses?
Much to my surprise, however, the retching stopped. I have seen quite a few bad ideas in my day, and the Thump 2s are actually acceptable at first glance. They made me look kind of badass, you know?
Just got back from a run and I can honestly say I forgot I had these on, which is good news. Sure, I looked like a rock hard super freak ninja, but the audio was excellent and the sunglasses were… well… sunglasses. The thing loaded very slowly via USB but once I got it going, it was very intuitive and the big rubber buttons were easy to find. I’ll give it a few more tries, but if you like the shades, then the MP3 player is a nice bonus.
And just in case you forgot why the original Thumps were so unpopular, here’s a pic…
Need we say more. Maybe by gen 3, the Thump will garner some mass market appeal.
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