Syte Shirt with Integrated iPad Pocket Turns You into a Walking Billboard (or Target)
Syte Shirt with Integrated iPad Pocket Turns You into a Walking Billboard (or Target)
Posted 07/26/2010 at 4:55am
| by Paul Lilly
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One way to tell the world to "Kick my ass and mug me" is to simply wear a custom shirt emblazoned with that very plea. Or you can walk around dark alleys and other areas you have no place being toting your $600 iPad front and center in your Syte Shirt's pouch. Of course, the startup's designers have an entirely different pitch, which goes a little something like this:
"Syte Shirt manufacturers an interactive shirt that lets you safely carry the iPad hands-free on your chest while allowing you and others to fully interact with the iPad through a transparent window," Syte Shirt's marketing team writes. "Not only is it an accessory, the shirt is also a fashion statement for those that want to show off cool designs, photos, movies, or animations while trotting around town. It's the first shirt that has a constantly changing design!"
Syte Shirt lists several examples of how you can use your new clothing accessory, including playing movies or firing up interactive games for your kids while keeping your hands free, or broadcast a football game while enjoying a tailgate party. Seriously.
"The possibilities of this product are only limited by the imagination of its users, and I really think we're going to be amazed by the ideas our customers come up with for this great product," Syte Shirt founder Joseph A. Young writes.
The Syte Shirt sells for $50, or $55 for XXL.
Image Credit: Syte Shirt
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JohnP
July 26, 2010 at 6:41pm
Would that work through the plastic window? Now that would be cool, wlking by and jabbing the screen with your finger to create a mess with the guys screen. Then he would have to PULL UP his shirt and try to reset it while the screen is upside down!
whitneymr
July 27, 2010 at 1:25pm
You've just come up with the perfect situation for any female wearers. "I wasn't poking her titties I was just using her iPad".
Biceps
July 26, 2010 at 12:48pm
I must have one! I neeeeeeed it! I need it so badly that as soon as I see someone walking down the street wearing one I am going to kick their butt and take it from them while they cry.
someuid
July 26, 2010 at 9:31am
Really, selling this as an interactive t-shirt. What a load of crap. The shirt doesn't do anything it didn't do before. Advertising and advertisers drives me nuts.
As for wearing your iPad around. I just don't know what to say. You could do pretty much the same thing with an LCD picture frame for a fraction of the cost. But really, for the sole purpose of showing total strangers your idea of a cool picture or video? To let your friend watch a football game at a tailgate party THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOURSELF? Man, what a crock of crappy ideas for the use of this shirt.
And $50 bucks? HOLY COW THAT'S EXPENSIVE FOR A T-SHIRT.
Someone tell these clowns to go get a real job.
JohnP
July 26, 2010 at 6:37pm
LCD picture frame with a strap around your neck. Now THAT is something I would pay to see! My mind boggles at what someone would want to put on the IPad while walking around...
Now if it was a cool lightshow, that would be something...
grorc
July 26, 2010 at 9:12am
That window looks very glossy. How would anyone be able to see what you were displaying?
novaroach
July 26, 2010 at 9:00am
...by the Darwin Award committee for special mention as the best new product of 2010. Remember, don't throw away that species, try cleaning it first!
nHeroGo
July 26, 2010 at 8:40am
This is an important step forward in human evolution. Will work great for chicks with small ones; sort of digital implants. How will Microsoft respond to this?
I, on the other hand, do not have a backpack, so I will apply force to stick my 17-inch Alienware into one of these t-shirts. Imagine how good that would make me look. People from all over will be very impressed with my laptop that is on display over my chest-plate, and I will make new friends that will express true friendship which may lead to true and ever-lasting love. Note to self; make an "app" for iPad-dudes so they can pay me one dollar each to have an IronMan golden circle on their chest. Also, make sure that the app has disclaimer to prompt iPad users to stay out of gay bars so they won't get molested. No, wait, they should visit Blue Oyster Bar.
zepontiff
July 26, 2010 at 7:50am
I wondered what they did with all of the left over "In case of emergency break glass" condom t shirts from the 90s.
PawBear
July 26, 2010 at 6:43am
This may actually save your life, something along the lines of "if you shoot me you'll break it." Think?
rabbit01
July 26, 2010 at 6:40am
Hope whoever is wearing the ipad on their chest won't trip over something & smash the screen.
RedAnt751
July 26, 2010 at 6:51am
The Ultimate accessory for the Mac-Tool, Now Please kick my ass and mug me.
Greetings From NYC.
dragonfang18
July 26, 2010 at 1:36pm
Just point and say TERRORIST in the Streets of NYC... No one will wonder what that bulk was, they will just pound your ass.
siramic
July 26, 2010 at 8:59am
lol, that was my thought also, as Paul said, a walking target.
Or is it time to get out the backpack to live with, and tote along the technology that we can't even leave at home for a couple of hours?! Yikes, get a life ;-)
dethdeks
July 26, 2010 at 11:26am
man if i saw someone walking down the street wearing that shirt with an ipad in it i would deliberatly punch him in the chest to break the screen on his useless maxipad n then punch him in the face for being a total tool for buying the useless maxipad n the even more useless shirt
IFLATLINEI
July 27, 2010 at 7:23am
I will punch someone right in the iPad if I see them with this shirt.
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