Thump it up!

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Ok, even though I’m a total gadget freak, I’m trying really hard not to let gadgets and reviews of gadgets take over this blog. However, I do have to fill you in on what I think might be the coolest MP3 player on the market. You can see on my flickr feed a picture of me wearing the Oakley Thump. Yes, they’re those ultra-cool sunglasses that have an MP3 player and headphones built in. They come in two flavors, 128mb and 256mb. The 256mb also has polarized lenses and both models come in a pretty decent number of colors. I was at the mall over the weekend and stopped in at the Oakley store to try them out. I’ve heard some bad reviews of them but I have to admit I was pretty impressed. The sunglasses weren’t too heavy, quite comfortable and the music sounded great. I think most people get confused by the fact that these ear buds are NOT designed to rest inside your ear. They kind of float over your ears and sound pretty darn nice. If you have a phone call, you can just flip the ear buds up and away from your ears, and if you step inside, the shaded lenses flip up so you can continue listening to your tunes. They seemed pretty solid and I definitely got the feeling that you could job with these things on. They supposedly get about 6-8 hours on a charge and connect via USB 2.0.

Oh yeah, did I mention that they look pretty cool too? They get the teach42 stamp of approval!