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Cool Concepts – The Tactile MP3 Player

By Roland Hutchinson on Tuesday 29th January 2008 8:44 am in Concepts

Check out this cool concept MP3 Player, the Tactile MP3 from designer Bomi Kim.

Cool Concepts - The Tactile MP3 Player

It features raised Braille type tactile controls to navigate your way through your favourite tunes.

Cool Concepts - The Tactile MP3 Player

It’s nice to see such a simple and stylish design, which does the job its designed for without being over complicated.

via Yanko Design

Tags: Gadgets

Zeno, Internetographer

Now if only they could make it show the songlist in Braille…
Antonio

the ipod shuffle is also simple, stylish and does the job it is designed to do without being over complicated…
Antonio2

ipod shuffle is shit. ipods are for trendy cultist morons. In fact onlt technologically impaired idiots would buy apple at all.
http://fake.org antonio3

wow we have an apple hater here…. that statement is biased and untrue!
Neopopulas

Biased, yes, untrue, *maybe*.

I’m no fan of apple, but you have to admit (unless you are an ‘apple fanatic’ and are thus ‘biased’ as well) that apple really isn’t ‘all that shit. Speaking from experience, where i live, apple is usually more expensive, no better than generic brands and often more trouble. In that i can hook up my generic MP3 player to pretty much anything, whereas apple products often need specific things, programs, equipment, docking stations and so forth.

iPod has become such a status symbol because people think that its so good that if you have anything else, its inherently subpar compared to apple, its an elitist attitude that is self perpetuating.

Just like i will admit that the Apple computers are good (while i prefer my PC) i will admit that iPods are also good, though i don’t need a more expensive, iconic product just do to the same thing that something else can just as well. I don’t need to pay for the image.
C

I’d be afraid that I would eat it.. it reminds me of many mints that are on the market. Still, really cool.
JD

While we’re talking about our great concept ideas, I have one. How about an mp3 player that transmits directly to your brain? website hits please?

thumbs down.
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com Fatgadget

Hi JD

Nice idea, are you a designer, like the one who created this concept ?

These young designers creating concepts today, will be the ones designing products that we will be using tomorrow.
JD

Yes, I have a masters in electrical engineer. It takes a lot more than a quick photoshop to make these things happen – put some effort into miniaturization, rather than finding yourself clever for thinking “hey they should make this smaller”. There is nothing to learn from this post, and the idea is hardly revolutionary. Begging for google ad impressions, nothing more.
JD

oops, hit the ‘ovr’ key. engineerING
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com Fatgadget

Hi JD

If you don’t like the adverts, please feel free to install an ad blocker in your browser
JD

Fatgadget

I don’t mind ads at all – they help pay for bandwidth and that isn’t free. What I’m pointing out is that this page offers nothing useful. I’m done.
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com Fatgadget

Hi JD

Thanks for your input, it is appreciated, please feel free to stick around and check out some of the other posts on the site, you may find something you like.

Cheers

Fatgadget
EnSAn

Nice. However, why use the 1/8″ stereo jack when there are smaller alternatives.
EnSAn

Forget my post. The more I think about it you have no choice. Who doesn’t still use that style. I mean people would then have to buy a special pair of head-phones to accommodate this mp3 player. Maybe Blue-tooth?