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To: slacker711 who wrote (26442)	7/27/2004 8:16:09 AM
From: Sam	Respond to of 60323

Anyone want to wear your flash? Coming to a Gap near you soon. Does anyone really think supply is going to overwhelm demand anytime soon if this catches on? German Clothier Introduces Wireless Jacket Monday July 26, 9:10 pm ET German Clothing Maker, Chip Producer Team Up on Jacket With MP3, Cell Phone FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- If it's simply unbearable to be unable to hear music, here's something you should slip on: a jacket with a built-in MP3 player. A new jacket from Rosner GmbH & Co., a German clothing firm, incorporates a 128-megabyte MP3 player that is controlled through cloth buttons on the left sleeve. Headphones are built into the collar. The jacket also has a hands-free cell phone microphone tucked into the collar, which works with phones on the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. A tiny electronic module containing the music player and the battery, which the company says is good for up to eight hours per charge, can be slipped out so the jacket can be washed. Rosner and its electronics partner, German computer chip maker Infineon Technologies AG, said the limited-edition garment is "geared toward technologically progressive, fashion-conscious men." Priced at 599 euros ($725), it will be available through the Rosner web site starting in August for delivery in February. Munich-based Infineon has also worked with outdoor clothing maker O'Neill to come up with an MP3-equipped snowboarding jacket. "We think it makes great sense to build in electronics into clothes, and we are looking forward to develop further clothes with integrated electronic solutions," said Dieter May, responsible for strategy and emerging business at Infineon.