MP3 players with screens that show pretty colors are certainly nothing new, but Rhea Jeong's Colorsonic concept is something rather different. It's a little donut-shaped device that lacks a proper display, instead lighting its sections up to represent different types of music tagged using software at home -- think
Shuffle meets mood ring. You could drop all your Sabbath and miscellaneous metal on black, Green Day and various faux-punk on green, and your Clannad and other soothing tunes on a nice dreamy blue. Then, just touch that section of the player and let the music flow. The thing even has storage for two impossibly small Bluetooth earbuds (shown below) that can nestle within the center (aka the Munchkin/Timbit zone). While we generally hate being teased by fanciful concepts as much as you, but this one was developed as part of an internship at Samsung, meaning there might just be a chance it could come to fruition. Sorry, colorblind folks, you'll have to stick with other
oddly shaped ways to play your tunes.
posted January 30th 2009 7:49AM
iEye: "i" think this is a shuffle rip off
Clak: everyone only copies the great Jobs
Everyone else: Pretty good concept
Am I right?
Yes
Didn't last.fm have an application where you could select music by color?
Wow, thats way cool definitely a mockup, and that screen would be difficult to make, I would seriously consider getting one of those. Wish other MP3 player makers would look into the attachable bluetooth headsets (or bluetooth at all) :(
this is a really cool concept, i hope we see this soon!
So, you connect it wirelessly to your computer, and charge it with a touchstone?
I'm sold.
This is awesome. I don't know if I'd get one, because I'm the kind of person who likes real control over their music, and it'll likely be very expensive, but the design is awesome nonetheless.
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Wow. That was pretty straightforward now wasn't it?
Cudos on the Timbit reference. I didn't think Americans new what Timbits were.
Yeah I was slightly impressed with that too. But since these guys are based in NY it makes sense as OUR Tim's are slowly invading the Dunken territories. Mmmm Tim's coffee and Doughnuts..............Rainbow doughnuts that play music........
Tim Hortons has been selling their crappy, burnt coffee in the US for some time now.
Good to know. I knew they did in some near-border markets like Buffalo but I wasn't sure how deep the penetration was. I'm always so conflicted about Tim Hortons. On one hand, they have become a Canadian icon, and I even live down the street from the original Tim Hortons shop. But on the other hand, their coffee is, as you suggested, absolute ass, and their drive-thrus clog both our streets and my lungs. I guess my only consolation is that, if I'm getting crap coffee, at least I'm not paying an arm and a leg for it like some other big-chain coffee places.
Screw their coffee. Their donuts > everything.
Fuck you, it's freshly made every 20 minutes. How is that burnt coffee? At least it's not Slave Labor Starbuck'$ coffee. Goddamn pukeriagh shyte.
LMAO @ SUPERGOOFMAN.
So personal, you would think you owned the place. You probably just work there. Or are one of the no lifes that hang out in the parking lot with others like yourself. Seek help.
So now families everywhere will pick up their baby's chew toy, mistaking it as their mp3 player.
To remind me of the spinning OS X beach ball when ever I listen to music. /sarcasm.
This is just strange to me...... I cant live without seeing what songs are playing. Although as much as I despise ipods itd be kinda cool to change out the click wheel for this thing.....
This is the stupidest thing I've seen since a Chumby.
if [i]you[/i] own the music, and [i]you[/i] put it on the player, and in the appropriate color...dont you think you'd know what it was?
They should market it to epileptics first.
What a dumb idea.