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MP3 Belt

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We all know MP3 players are getting really teeny. So why dont we save ourselves some extra accessories and implant and MP3 player in a fashoinable leather belt? Of course I am no engineer so I can't tell you how it would all fit together exactly. But I figure you can get a reasonable amount of music in a really thin but long MP3 player. Plus you could use wireless headphones so you wouldn't have to worry quite so much about a cord. You could put all necesary plug-in slots/holes in the underside or back of buckle.
Space-Pope, Jan 25 2004

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       What about if it is just the belt buckle, with interchangeable belts for different occasions?
timbeau, Jan 26 2004
  

       I love this kind of idea. Given the length of the belt, throw in satellite radio and a cellphone :) +
theircompetitor, Jan 26 2004
  

       Not to be pessimistic, but why dont you just clip the player TO the belt? But an integrated electronic belt would be veeery cool. Especially with a cellphone and radio in it too.
EdZ, Jan 26 2004
  

       Sony did at some point do a very nifty pair of MP3 headphones, I don't think they were hideously big capacity (64 meg?) but they were damn funky little things.   

       I can't find a link for them on the Sony website though.
kaz, Jan 26 2004
  

       Nice!
spacecadet, Jan 26 2004
  

       Add lots of battery holders around the belt, walk around looking like a desperado while listening to hip-hop. - If it is wireless post an ID on a stick-on button. Anyone who is clsoe enough and tunes to that ID can listen in to your program.
kbecker, Jan 26 2004
  

       belts were the first clothing and they will be the last as we simplify -- give me an everything belt.
JesusHChrist, Feb 17 2005
  

       "But of course, Batman" Alfred said.
normzone, Feb 17 2005
  

       I'm surprised at the number of positive comments and the absence of votes. Heres a + from me. Nice
energy guy, Feb 17 2005
  

       The reason for the dearth of votes is, all ideas from a certain time period got their votes wiped out by the halfbakery october outage.
robinism, Feb 17 2005
  

       "belts were the first clothing... "   

       I guess it was pretty soon afterward that our caveman said "I look pretty silly wearing nothing but this belt - I'd better invent trousers so I have something to hold up"
robinism, Feb 17 2005
  

       I don't know why this sort of device didn't come out when MP3 & stuff was in their heyday. After all, as of mid-2007, there are some "i-Pod Belt Buckles":   

       http://tinyurl.com/7co8x   

       Could it be that our friend "Space-Pope" was the inspiration for these type of i-pods? Who knows!!!
Disco Makberto, Aug 12 2007
  
      
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