It seems Wearable Electronic does get more momentum with ever more companies designing and manufacturing technologies that are suitable to be integrated into apparel and other fashion accessories. Fitright Industrial announced in their press release a new keypad system for the iPod that Illuminates while operated. talk2myShirt has some first photos of those new modules. Fitright is now the 5th company that offer Wearable Technologies to apparel and bag companies to integrate iPod function into clothing and bags.

In an article in the online edition of The Orange County Register , a daily newspaper published in Santa Ana, California, the topic of Wearable Electronic was taken up in a very comprehensive way. 'In Orange County, no fewer than nine action sports brands are selling or working on apparel and accessories embedded with electronics.' "Our consumers want the latest technology in clothes," says Marty Samuels, president of Quiksilver Americas. "They're not just nerds." And further: 'Today, a few dozen companies marry fashion with technology, said Doherty, research director for Envisioneering , a personal tech trend tracker in New York. Burton, the snow brand, even created a job title called project manager for wearable electronics.' There are still some hurdles like usability and cost for the consumer but many companies are working on those issues and the Wearable Technology trend in the clothing industry as well as the electronic industry is reaching fast the maturity to become a valuable business opportunity. via talk2myShirt and The Orange County Register

Marks & Spencer is selling now a great looking laptop bag with an NXT flat panel speaker hidden in the bag material. A great way to add sound to presentations without the need to have a speaker system with you. Plug the laptop into the bag and your multimedia presentation is perfect. The best business traveler tool you can get on planet earth. Get the full review on talk2myShirt.com .

ISPO Winter 07 has opened the doors today, Feb. 4 and goes until Feb. 7. in Munich/Germany. With an exhibition area of 180,000 sq.m., ispo winter 07 will be the biggest ever in terms of space since this world's leading specialised sports fair came into existence. 1,970 exhibitors from 48 nations are expected in Munich. Wearable Electronics will be presented bigger than ever before. Approximately 20 exhibitors will present all facets of the Wearable Electronic market on 250 square meters of expo space in the innovation hall (A2 / booth 414), including iPod-compatible products as well as products for the analysis of body functions during sports, or trademark protection for the textile industry. talk2myShirt will bring full coverage of the news around Wearable Electronics over those coming 4 days. Interesting to see how fast the Wearable Electronic business is developing.

A company called "Smart Fabrics" is expanding outside it's original territory Australia. Smart Fabrics has just been appointed the sole distributor for G-Tech, the company that is bringing Wearable Electronics in form of Backpacks and bags with integrated iPod controls to the market. As talk2myShirt points out, good news for everyone interested into Wearable Electronic products.

Finally, more Apparel companies enter the Wearable Electronic market. The latest is Quiksilver with their announcement to bring for the winter season 2007/2008 Jackets on the shelves for iPod and mobile phone integration. Good news for everyone looking for a more convenient and fashionable way to use the beloved gadgets. Via: talk2myShirt

Want to make your own Wearable Electronic shirt? Make it your way with the great instruction posted on talk2myShirt . Easy to follow steps explain how to turn a pice of fabric into a soft circuit board. With the knowledge of this instruction, only the sky is the limit to create your next party outfit that will be as unique as you.

Wearable Electronics attracts fashions designers. The best example for this is the introduction of Angel Chang's clothing collection in September 2006 in New York. Judging Angel's statements, the merge of fashion with technology is a long overdue fact and might start in the very near future. Technology is invading and integrating into our daily life constantly where fashion design has hardly advanced over the last decades beside the performance apparel market. talk2myShirt has a report about her latest collection together with Angel's view on the future of Fashion and Technology.

The year 2007 just started and we want to take the opportunity to have a look to the coming 12 month. What will change in 2007 in respect to Wearable Electronic? Will we see more products? More diversity? More practical? To give answers or better, predictions to the questions above, we look first briefly back to 2006. The past year was the most active year in respect of Wearable Electronics. Never before have we seen so many different companies and products coming to the market than last year. Jackets in different styles and colors make the use of iPod and mobile phones much easier for those who look for alternative ways to interact with their electronic gadgets. A wide range of Bags and Backpacks compliment the diversity of ways to protect and operate our portable devices. The choice is wide at the moment for people interested in complementing the fashion desire with the electronic devices of our lifestyle. Our expectation for 2007 is: this diversity will grow further. Read more: http://www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/archives/97

talk2myShirt http://www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/ is a collection of the latest product launches based on Wearable Electronic technologies. Such technologies allow the integration of some or all functions of our beloved gadgets like cell phones or iPod into our daily lifestyle = clothing and accessories like bags. It's a new way to interact with our products, make them even more fashionable and protect them from damage or being snatched. talk2myShirt lists all the products that can actually be bought already and not, as many other sites, concept (dreams) that will never see or at least no see reality for a long time. It's the first site to function as middle man between the startup companies and the consumer with the goal to influence the further development of Wearable Electronic products.