Oakley THUMP

The Oakley THUMP are sunglasses that contain an MP3 player. Introduced in 2004, prices initially started at $249.

Oakley THUMP
The Oakley THUMP was a sunglasses featuring an audio player built into the frame, in addition to having flip up lenses for indoor usage. It was available in black. RootBeer, Tortoise, and White Camo; which varied on a user's choice of buying a 128MB or a 256MB set of glasses. To add music to the sunglasses, users would use programs such as MusicMatch or Windows Media Player, which is assisted with a USB interface. The THUMP was powered by a lithium-ion battery which could be recharged.

Oakley THUMP 2
The Oakley Thump 2 offers UV and blue-light protection. Thump 2 incorporates a flash-based player into the frame of a pair of sunglasses for cordless on-the-go listening. Picking up where the original THUMP left off, quadrupling the memory for the same price as the original, 1GB for $299. The Thump 2 also comes in other sizes: 256MB, available in brown with bronze and gunmetal, as well as black with grey and gunmetal; and 512MB, presented in black with black iridium and chrome, in addition to white with black iridium and chrome. The Thump 2 earbuds use a multi-hinged system.

It comes with no proprietary software. To transfer file to the thump, the user plugs it into a Windows or Mac OS computer with the included USB 2.0 cord, then drag over AAC, MP3, WMA, or WAV tracks. It works with WMA DRM content but not AAC DRM (songs from the iTunes Music Store). Songs can be added to folders or as one long list. The Thump will sort correctly tagged songs by artist during playback. The Thump remembers your progress when listening and doesn't start each new session at the beginning of the song list.

The Thump 2's lenses don't flip up like the original Thump's, so you can't wear them over prescription frames.