Posted by 104 on 07/03/06 10:29

I previously wrote:
> I'm thinking about getting a portable music player such as an MP3 (the
> smallest type, which is "flash-memory"), clipping it onto the back of
> my tennis shorts, and hitting balls on court. ...
> If anyone else has tried this or something similar, do you have any
> comments, e.g. on the following:
> I guess my shorts won't fall down -- the device weight might be only
> 2 ounces (which i think equates to about two business envelopes each
> containing two pieces of paper), and i'll tie the shorts' drawstring
> tight.
> I guess the best place to hold the device is clipped to the waistband
> at the lower back, with wires running up the back to the "earbuds" in
> my ears. ...
> Maybe you could use a strap around your chest like runners do (with
> heart/lung monitors or whatever).
> Also, i also want to be able to use the music player in a room that has
> no sound system, and to do so without headphones. So do portable music
> players have speakers or docking systems? I know the Apple I-pod Nano
> does (e.g. it has the Bose SoundDock), but what about non-Apple
> products? (e.g. Samsung, Cowon, iRiver)

Maybe another bizarre way to hold the device would be to somehow attach
it to a headband, at the back of the head. If you could get that to
hold, then that location would have the benefit that the wires would
only have to extend a few inches to get to the ears, and would not have
to flop around running down one's back.

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