Oakley Releases Thump 2

Oakley has announced the expansion of its successful line of digital music eyewear with the launch of Thump 2. Rendered with the aggressive styling of the company's Gascan eyewear, Thump 2 is available with up to 1.0 GB of flash memory - enough storage capacity for approximately 240 songs in a design that fully integrates a music system with an eyewear frame.

'Creating the world's first digital audio eyewear required a new way of thinking', said Oakley President Colin Baden. 'The idea was to combine a music player with something you're already wearing, and do it in a way that eliminated cords and wires that dangle and tangle. We're now taking the freedom and convenience of our original invention to a new level by offering Thump 2 with a full gigabyte of skip-free memory.

'We took the subminiature circuitry of our premier Thump and halved its size while maintaining its world-class audio fidelity, and redesigned the speaker booms to have six directions of movement for a fully adaptable fit', concluded Baden. 'In addition to the world-class technology of our original invention, the styling takes its inspiration from our successful Gascan eyewear frame, a hard-edged architecture that combines a definitive fashion statement with the patented performance of XYZ Optics'.