The North Face makes good stuff, right? (I don’t know, I’m a Rocawear man myself.) Well just in time for winter’s icy grip are two new jackets that feature technology-related accouterments, the Hustle Audio Jacket for men and the Femphonic Audio Jacket for women.
What do they do? They’re fully compatible with your iPod thanks to CONNECTEDwear. That allows you to control said iPod with a series of buttons located on the jacket’s sleeves. The idea is that you don’t have to dig into your pocket and remove your gloves just to change the song. You don’t want your fingers getting cold.
The thing is, these jackets aren’t exactly inexpensive: both cost $350. Considering you can find yourself a nice winter jacket for anywhere from $100-$300 (depending on style and how Italian you want the label to be), I’d be hard pressed to spend that kind of money for the privilege of listening to my iPod.
darn, another outdoor brand down the serious drain..
ill stick to the scandinavian brands for the time being i guess
North Face shells (ski jacket) goes from 200-300 so this doesn’t seem like a super steep premium. I’m not sure how nice the underlying jacket is though.
Yawn. Burton did this years ago….
Umm, nice but…what if I don’t do Apple products, ever? I would be interested in getting one of these if it worked with standard, universal drag & drop MP3 players, but the article says nothing about this.
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D’OH! Ok, if I click through to another page it says “or other MP3 and Bluetooth devices.”
Kewl – maybe the techno world is finally waking up to variety…
oh i love it !
Nice , I like this brand of down jacket
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