If you prefer in-your-face bling to economy of design, then this is the MP3 player for you. You'll never have to worry about losing this portable music device -- it has enough chromed chain and metal to anchor a good sized boat. "The BLINGplayer is portable, ready-to-wear, supports MP3 and MPEG-4 and is also an FM Radio player," GizMag reports. "It has a full color screen, can store over 30 hours of music and 16 hours of video while the radio memory can store 30 stations."
What's Driving This Trend
- Bling-tech Accessories
- Wearable tech accessories that incorporate bling are a novel trend that presents an opportunity to blend fashion and technology.
- Highly Decorative MP3 Players
- Highly decorative and ornate MP3 players inspire a trend for personalized music devices that make a bold fashion statement.
- Multipurpose Wearable Devices
- Multipurpose wearable devices, like the BLINGPlayer, provide users with a variety of features and functionality in a stylish, wearable form factor.
Who This Affects Most
- Fashion and Accessories
- The fashion and accessories industry can benefit by incorporating technology into their designs and developing high-end, decorative tech accessories.
- Consumer Electronics
- The consumer electronics industry can appeal to a fashion-conscious demographic by developing more decorative and eye-catching MP3 players.
- Wearable Tech
- The emerging wearable tech industry can develop more multipurpose wearables that incorporate practical features with stylish design elements to stand out in the market.
