Wearable Computing Goes Mainstream?

News.com reports that Gap will have a kids’ fleece jacket with an integrated radio [speakers in the hood, hence it’s IMHO unfortunate name – “Hoodio”] in stores on Monday for $68.

This is, like the Roomba, notable as it marks the first real application of a new technology in a form that could conceivably result in large scale adoption. That’s cool.

Unfortunately, the Hoodie seems like a bit of a contradiction — it’s a jacket with integrated electronics, but it only lets you access a has-been medium (FM). One can only hope that there’s a headphone jack for the iPod connection its users will certainly want (though integrated iPod controls would be so much cooler).

Gizmodo has more pictures.