Burton closer to releasing Moto-powered Audex Cargo Jacket
posted Oct 28th 2005 8:30AM
"Congratulations, agent, on getting out of that foreign prison after they easily spotted you doing reconnaissance in
your Ronin-branded Burton espionage jacket. After what
you went through in that sweat box, you deserve to vacation somewhere nice and cold, so we're stuffing you into
Burton's new Bluetooth'd Audex Cargo Jacket and jetting you straight to Tahoe." We first spotted a
prototype of the
Moto-powered Audex back in January at CES, a fancy piece
of wearable tech that lets you toss out your old Burton HiFi
helmet and beanie (though you'll still need your
Liquid Lounger), and get your slopes tunes from the
embedded speakers in the hood. While this concept is certainly nothing new (peep the Amp or the
Kenpo), Burton throws in Bluetooth support and a mic for
your cellphone, a combo we've rarely seen (peep the mp3blue
take). The nerve center of this wired gear sits on the wearer's left sleeve: a semi-stylish plastic oval with a
scrollwheel and one-line display that allows you to switch between rockin' and chattin'. The Audex is expected to cost
you about $600 (so hopefully you haven't already dropped three grand on a
Spyder) and should ship at the end of November.
[Via TUAW]
SWEET!!! This'll service my V710 nicely. only problem is gonna be watching all these music videos apple sold me on that one line display ;)
I just hope these don't stop working for no apparent reason like my Burton iPod Shield jacket did...
Because your "SO BUSY" when you'r on vacation and you realy need all the extra crap. I tell you I am not carrying my cell phone boarding, thats for sure. Maybe an Ipod shuffle b/c it doesn't have a screen. Speakers instead of headphones is a good idea though. It will keep people from being deaf idiots on the mountain.
so david spade is now hocking this?
BURTON NYC IS ALREADY SELLING THESE JACKETS...the price is 599.99... it's pretty nifty.
Dude, that control panel looks incredibly clunky compared to the screen-printed iPod controls on my (also Bluetooth compatible, phone and iPod charging, integrated mic on strap and charging it all with about 10 watts of amorphous silicon solar panels) O'Neill backpack, (though the latter has its own frustrations - Europe-only sales and kind of small.)
In Europe the Burton EspJkt and the Audex Jkt are out of stock at Burton already.
As I work in a store that is a Burton retailer I have online access to their supply stock in Aurach. We were surprised to see so much gear out of stock this early in the season. So I guess what you see in stores is what there´s left at least for Germany that is!
cheers!