Motorola and Burton have announced that the long-anticipated Bluetoothed Burton outerwear will be released tomorow, December 10th.   Called “Audex”, the  jacket line is a combination of Bluetooth Wireless technology from Motorola and Burton snowboarding gear.

 

At the center of the Audex jacket is a control panel located on the left-hand sleeve, allowing for simple and easy access to your incoming and outgoing calls, and music selections.

 

 

 

Connect a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone to the panel wirelessly, while hooking up your iPod player via hidden, unobtrusive wires within the jacket. Speakers and a microphone are located in the hood for taking and making calls as well as listening to music.

Ned Flanders finally has a jacket he can feel cool in! Really, am I getting old, or is this the least cool thing in the world? I do remember thinking how cool it would be to have electronics built into my James Bond spy-suit…back when I was 10!

 

More products are due from the Audex line, including  the Audex Protective Gear, which includes the Audex Helmet and Audex Padded Hat, both equipped with Bluetooth stereo headphones, featuring easy-to-use control buttons for convenient and wireless on-the-go talking or music-listening. Now that’s a better idea - hide all the gizmos away. Gadgets are good, gadgets are cool, but not when sewn into your sleeve!