URBAN TOOL's grooveRider iPod shirt

Just in case Ermenegildo Zegna's luxurious iPod jacket was a tad rich for your blood, or you just want that same utility in an everyday shirt, Australia's URBAN TOOL has you covered. Presumably designed for the always pleasant Aussie climate, this lightweight garment sports a joey-approved "secure pocket" to hold your iPod, nano, or mini, while the "smart fabric interface" allows you to control your 'Pod with the touch of a finger. If you're down with donning tees that resemble a scrub top, and don't mind fondling your own chest to crank up the volume or skip a track, the grooveRider shirt comes in black, khaki, and "savannah" colors, while boasting the ability to survive a wash cycle without any loss of button functionality. So if wheeling around that scroll wheel is just too inconvenient for you, this debatably fashionable iPod controller can simplify things for a whopping AUD$198 ($149).

[Via AVing]

[Kilwag @ Oct 18th 2006 12:40PM]

I don't know, that guy looks like a suburban tool to me.

[Christian Martin @ Oct 18th 2006 12:40PM]

Should you purchase this shirt, you truly are an Urban Tool.

[narco @ Oct 18th 2006 12:44PM]

I hate the word "Urban." It's this century's "N" word and nobody cares.

Fishes,
narco.

[PDubNYC @ Oct 18th 2006 3:58PM]

Narco,
that is just stupid.

Doing the Dishes,
PDuB

[Matt B @ Oct 18th 2006 1:02PM]

I won't pay more than $10 for a T-shirt unless its bullet proof.

[Mr. Mario @ Oct 18th 2006 12:49PM]

narco - that guy looks fairly light skinned to me. so.... yeah.

i think its depressing that these ipod a**holes spend so much money on what is basically a music player but can't spend a dime to help the people of the world. This truly is the dawn of the apocalypse.

[sammy mazola jr� @ Oct 18th 2006 12:49PM]

Let's look at the picture:

- it's brown
- he's being 'touched in multiple places'

Are you sure this isn't for a Zune?

'Squirting' to commence in 5, 4, 3...

[MinceyFresh @ Oct 18th 2006 12:49PM]

I wonder if companies don't realize that Apple already created the in-line wired remote (yeah, yeah, it has that useless FM radio function in it, too). It's just as useful as any article of clothing that has play controls, one wouldn't have to worry about the money they just spent on it going down the drain if they happen to get a ketchup stain on the shirt/jacket...

[kyle.gustafson @ Oct 18th 2006 1:20PM]

urban tool indeed.

[Dave95 @ Oct 18th 2006 1:14PM]

So to turn the volume up, you have to rube your nipples? Nice!

[Dustin Earnhardt @ Oct 18th 2006 1:17PM]

URBAN TOOL...how aptly named.

[Magus @ Oct 18th 2006 1:39PM]

does the female version come with a circular interface slightly adjacent to that one?

[Magus @ Oct 18th 2006 1:39PM]

does the female version come with a circular interface slightly adjacent to that one?

[Pumi @ Oct 18th 2006 1:44PM]

I love how the non ipod crowd loves to bellyache about FM on their DAPs but when it comes to an IPOD, the FM feature is "useless." C'mon guys, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

Pumi

[crescentdavid @ Oct 18th 2006 1:45PM]

A perfect gift for the "discerning" applet. iDiot-ware.

[AC @ Oct 18th 2006 2:26PM]

Damn you Engadget. What the hell do you expect these comments to be about with THAT title and THAT picture? Damn you for inciting my jackassery. Also, damn you for not personally emailing me when this was posted so that I may be the first to spew forth my own Urban Tool comments.

[Dj Moxy @ Oct 18th 2006 3:15PM]

Grooverider? I love him!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grooverider

[shirizaki @ Oct 18th 2006 3:18PM]

Cargo pockets people. And if you're too "classy", there's bluetooth adapters. Honestly, can you go on without your iPod for the 1 minute between classes?


I can honeslty see walking down the street watching someone switch from their iPod shirt to their iPod jacket to their iPod watch to their iPod sopository.

[luntao @ Oct 19th 2006 12:55AM]

why are we not focusing on the fondling the chest to make it work part?

this is the greatest invention. it should be mandatory for all hot women.

[dennis parrott @ Oct 18th 2006 5:16PM]

more like "Urban Fool"... $150 for a freakin' t-shirt? no way. the only reason i actually own a scott evest is i got one on clearance for like $40...

[hokorii @ Oct 18th 2006 5:05PM]

I'm all for iPods ...but that shirt is just dorky.

[Pal @ Oct 19th 2006 12:48AM]

People are already talking to themselves on subways, and now they'll be caressing their nipples as well. Technology is awesome!

[pagercam @ Oct 18th 2006 6:44PM]

So let me get this straight, either you can only carry the iPod when the t-shirt is clean or you stink up the place with serious funk and listen to the iPod everyday. Fantastic marketing concept:

music lover = stink
stink = no friends
no friends = miserable

thus
music = miserable

[JP @ Oct 19th 2006 2:06AM]

Um, just today I got the same functionality by putting my iPod in the breast pocket of my fleece jacket. (The outer pocket is nylon.) I could adjust the volume and everything. Why is this supposed to be impressive?

[tekdroid @ Oct 19th 2006 6:25AM]

before this stupidity we had remote controls. They were cheaper. They were 'modular'; They could be worn with just about anything. They could be repositioned.

They still exist.
Moving right along...

[Snesgirl @ Oct 19th 2006 9:29AM]

Dorkified to the max!

[Copperhead @ Oct 19th 2006 5:50PM]

Of course you might see another "urban tool" such as a baseball bat or boxcutter if you wear this.

I know -I'd- feel inclined to beat and rob anyone retarded enough to drop $150 of an ugly shirt for their iPod.