Tue 13 May 2008
Rock of Ages?
Posted by anaglyph under Gadgets, Geek, Religion, Technology
[10] Comments
Atlas Cerise draws my attention to the release of the Teo MP-301, an mp3 player in the shape of a crucifix. Unlike the iBelieve (which was really just an alternate lanyard for an iPod Shuffle), this is a fully featured mp3 player, with voice recording and FM radio functions. And in the shape of a cross! Take that Steve Jobs. And you thought you were God!
Now I dunno about you, but I have an overwhelming desire to own one of these so I can fill it up with all my old Black Sabbath CDs and Aleister Crowley spoken-word recordings. Then I’d wear it upside-down.
According to iceTech, who make the Teo:
… it comes with the conversion software that would allow you to transfer music of various formats from your CDs and files to this device.
Notice the sneaky ‘would’ in there. Not ‘will’, but ‘would’. As in: The software on the Teo ‘would’ allow you to transfer music from your CDs if that was, like, actually legal in the country you lived in. Like it isn’t in, oh, er Australia, for instance.
Which raises an interesting question: If you commit a sin, and you don’t actually know it’s a sin, will God really strike you off the register? I can only imagine the disbelief on the faces in the queue at the Pearly Gates when people realize they turned down all that sex only to be sent Hellward by a few meagre Britney Spears music-pirating offenses.
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I wonder how hard it would be to tear down a cheap MP3 player and put it into something like that. I have a feeling it would be more difficult to do than I imagine.
But I want it.
Pilfer it from anywhere?
Geez, when I read it had conversion software I thought they meant you could turn it into a Star of David shaped MP3 player.
nuts.
The track number and Shakira are a nice touch. Personally, though, I’m waiting for MooO 2.0. I think it still needs more cowbell.
I so want one. Do they come in red or purple? Maybe with flames on it?
Can I get JesusMan! webcomics on that thing?
Yeah. I want a cow that plays mp3s. But I wouldn’t stop there. I would have random junk with a USB plug and an eighth inch jack. It would be fun.
How about nested egg doll MP3 players?
Udderly brilliant concept.
I have just realized how short of an album Shakira’s “Greatest” hits would truly be. Probably the most expensive blank disc ever sold.