Ubanana announces wearable, waterproof uCan MP3 player

There's certainly no shortage of waterproof gadgets out there for you to take along on your next swimming or diving adventure, but if you still haven't found an MP3 player that meets your needs, you may want to consider Ubanana's new uCan device, which is at least a tad better looking than some of the other wearable options currently available. You'll have to make do with a mere 1GB of memory, however, but you will get a decent 15 hours of battery life, and you can rest assured that it'll float to the surface for easy retrieval if it slips off while you're plundering the ocean's depths (up to ten feet deep, at least). Look for this one to set you back €99 (or $150), with it set to start shipping in July.

[Via Crave]

[iruka @ May 14th 2008 11:31PM]

neat!

i thought it was some kind of sunglasses at first

[guruuswa @ May 15th 2008 6:19AM]

this thing is really worthless. why would i want to listen to mp3 when i'm swimming? buggers. next you're gonna have condoms that have 1GB of memory for mp3

[OneLove @ May 15th 2008 6:04PM]

UCan has Ubanana!

[jhoeforth @ May 14th 2008 11:36PM]

Very nice. I wonder what's it like listening down there though, hehe.

[Interpol @ May 14th 2008 11:48PM]

Now all we need is for Myvu to come out with a waterproof product so we can all wank to porn in the shower.

[didinskee! @ May 15th 2008 12:00AM]

How do you wear this thing? I hope i don't have to reach behind my head for those controls.

[g512 @ May 17th 2008 2:32PM]

inspired by a motorola s9..?

[Jehad @ May 15th 2008 5:48AM]

what a piece of shit

[darkstar @ May 15th 2008 12:13AM]

way overpriced!
i got mine from h2oaudio.com for about 50 bux and then an ipod shuffle for another 50.

[mahmud @ May 15th 2008 12:51AM]

If I play "Under The Sea" while under water and those fish and lobsters and various other underwater creatures don't start dancing in choreographed unison... Man, I'm returning that thing. Sebastian, HOLLA ATCHA BOY!

[legios @ May 15th 2008 12:51AM]

I absolutely love my SwiMP3 1.0. I use it all the time, and everytime someone at the pool has to check it out. However, these Ubanana's look sweet!!!!...might be time to ebay my SwiMP3.

As for the controls in the back...you're supposed to be swimming so you really don't spend a lot of time fiddling with the controls. Set it up and go!

Now if they could just make one that supported AAC (MP4) so I didn't have to have duplicates of my songs.

[pete l @ May 15th 2008 2:31PM]

I am a swimmer myself and windsurfer, and this MP3 looks great, I pre-ordered one can't wait to get it,

[Thom @ May 15th 2008 2:42PM]

Just pre-ordered one, Can’t wait to do my sports with out having to worry about all the cables or getting it wet. Looks great!!

[silverman @ May 19th 2008 3:23AM]

Cute player. I have Sansa Clip like this one http://go.shopsansa.com/content/clip for sports. But mine is not for swimming. This looks great!

[Unknown @ Dec 29th 2008 2:52PM]

I just got one -- a 2MB version is now available -- and I am enormously satisfied with this product. Performs double-duty as player and earplugs. For all the naysayers, you are clearly not lap swimmers, which can get extremely boring and tedious. I'm now swimming 10 minutes longer just because I enjoy the experience so much.