iSoundCap intros exercise-centric Running Cap

Some products are simply doomed to fail before they even hit the market, and the iSoundCap was surely one of those items. Unfortunately Amazingly, the start-up centered around a less-than-fashionable ballcap with an apparently appealing ability to tote your iPod is still alive and well, and is now kicking out yet another flavor with trainers (and higher revenue) in mind. The aptly-named Running Cap is "made with a breathable, lightweight mesh fabric, and places the iPod in protective neoprene" to keep any stray wires from flailing around your face. The new exercise-friendly version will supposedly be offered in pink, silver, green, black, red, and blue, which coincidentally matches the colors of the new rainbow nanos. Marketed as the "ultimate way" to carry your iPod while utilizing the Nike+iPod kit, the sweat-proof cap could indeed siphon a few extra dollars from the running crowd, but as of press time we aren't exactly certain how much coinage these outlandish dome adornments will demand.

[Stewart McKane @ Oct 24th 2006 6:19AM]

Surely their tag line should just be - "Look at me, I'm an idiot, steal my iPod please!"

Or are they fitting steel retaining straps to stop someone just grabbing your cap and iPod???????

[George @ Oct 24th 2006 6:21AM]

It's quite brilliant actually. Now they just need to attached a beer holder with straw on the other side and it will be complete.

[John from Buffalo @ Oct 24th 2006 7:39AM]

Stop the pain.

[chuck @ Oct 24th 2006 7:37AM]

http://www.scottevest.com/v3_store/40tec_hat.shtml

[strider_mt2k @ Oct 24th 2006 8:04AM]

What they really need is a THINKING version.

[Rus @ Oct 24th 2006 8:27AM]

Doesn't Bill Palmer also have a headprong thing?

www.headprong.com

Not sure if he's still shipping them or not.

[Matt B @ Oct 24th 2006 9:10AM]

Can't I ,for one day, not have to see an ipod?

[jah_lah @ Oct 24th 2006 10:23AM]

I think a pendrive -like shuffle- is more appropriate -and less ridiculous- for jogging.
I actually use an improvised cap-like solution for jogging, which proved to be the most effective one regarding hanging wires and sweat. I sure would like to see more elegant props in this area.

[disciple83 @ Oct 24th 2006 10:09AM]

Matt B,

The day you won't have to see an iPod on your normal routine will be the day Jobs gets a hold of you and convinces/brainwashes you into thinking that the iPod you are holding in your hand, listening to, seeing on tv, attached to the ass of that chick and her metro boyfriend, is really just an Apple: fruity, delicious, good for you, keeps the doctor away, (because the doctor is smart and uses a ZVM).

Just don't drink the Kool-Aid too.

[irony... @ Oct 24th 2006 10:58AM]

it is just missing the dual cup holders and straws...

[jessemellon @ Oct 24th 2006 12:28PM]

As a runner, I'm on the lookout for something along these lines. There's nothing worse than headphone wires up under my sweaty shirt. That said, this is kind of cheesy.

[DP @ Oct 24th 2006 10:57AM]

This is plain dumb. Enough said.

[frabgod @ Oct 24th 2006 1:40PM]

Uhhhh, have these guys ever heard of the Shuffle?

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