Dedicated Apple aficionados are determined not to let the iPod fade away into obscurity and let Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak's prophecy come true - you know the one where he predicts the death of the iPod. It's fair to say the iPod hasn't had much of makeover since the very first day it made an appearance, changing the way we see portable music forever, other than slicing a few centimetres off its outer shell and upping the internal memory. The creators of the iBangle clearly had this in mind when brainstorming ideas for this ambitious concept wrist wearing iPod.
It may look like a loose fitting bangle, but apparently there's no chance of the iBangle escaping your wrist thanks to that little blue button. It sounds a little far fetched, but apparently one press of that blue button fills the blue area with air so it fits nice and snugly around your wrist (hopefully not to the point of cutting off blood circulation).
I sense you're thinking about an earphone jack. Well forget about it, the iBangle doesn't have one. Instead, music is transmitted wirelessly via Bluetooth headphones. Track navigation is dealt with using the multi-touch track pad too.
There's no telling if this musical bracelet will make it beyond the concept stage - it wouldn't be a bad thing if it did though.
[via Coolest Gadgets]
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It won't work, there has already been mp3 playing watches and so on and they don't catch on. The biggest problem is having the earphone cable coming off you arm!
Television Dude, you've just destroyed my hope of such a concept becoming a reality - although this doesn't have a headphone jack (so no annoying wirage), the headphones are connected wirelessly via Bluetooth. Does that make it any more feasible?