Imagine this seemingly typical, everyday situation: you are walking down the street, and you see some rare sight – an old, rare and almost legendary car (For example, some of you might know of the Trabant), the first flowers of spring (if you’re a romantic) or just something like a street performance. Now unless you have a perfect photographic memory (rare and hard to develop) and a permanent memory recall (even rarer and even harder to develop), the first thing most of you will think of doing is to whip out your camera-equipped cellphones and take a picture. Well, what if you don’t have the time to do that (i.e. The object is moving) or cameras in any form are forbidden?

Well, this gadget solves those little problems. The Spy Camera Sunglasses have a 1.3Mp camera just beside the right lens. Want to take a picture? - just press a button on the pocket-sized RF remote control. Don’t worry about the number of the pictures – you can’t exactly fill the 1Gb of inbuilt memory in one attempt. And when you’re not taking pictures, the sunglasses also serve as an mp3 player.

Now, the following will be based on my experience (I own mp3 player sunglasses by the same company. They look more or less the same too):
First of all, the lenses are wonderful. They look good from the outside, and they are very clear from the inside (just remember to remove the protective layer not only from the outer, but from the inner side as well), as well as easy to clean. The music/headphone quality is simply great – you hear a perfectly clean stereo sound. Lastly, the storage case is padded, made from hard carton with magnetic clips holding the lid – reliable, and will last for years.

The Spy Camera Sunglasses are $99.99 on ThinkGeek.

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