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"   Sick of your headphone wire breaking? Or having to untangle the wiring that&amp;#039;s running beneath your jacket or sweater? I certainly am! With the HoodieBuddie a comfy sweatshirt with integrated headphones, your sweatshirt becomes your best friend. A standard 3.5 mm headphone jack is hidden in the front pocket and the headphones are housed with the sweatshirt&amp;#039;s drawstrings. Simply plug your iPod, phone, or other mobile device into the jack and you&amp;#039;re ready to go.   I immediately took to the streets of Manhattan to see how well the Hoodie Buddie worked and I was impressed with both the comfort of the headphones and the quality of the audio. You can easily pay $50 for a good set of headphones and as much for a sweatshirt, so I was thrilled that Hoodie Buddie costs only $44. The sweatshirt is 94% cotton and 6% spandex - creating a super comfortable feel and is available in lots of colors, prints, and specialty designs (examples include a picture of Betty White!, Mickey Mouse, and Coca Cola). My first stop was to visit my college roommate, a prodigal pianist and iPod enthusiast. She fell in love with my sweatshirt, forcing me to model as she snapped pictures to send her family. So now that I knew audiophiles would rejoice, I wondered what the fashion world would think. I called upon my personal fashion stylist, my sister. While she knows I get to see cool things in my job daily, she isn&amp;#039;t usually enamored with any of my latest techy gadgets. Within seconds of seeing my sweatshirt she was all, &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s mine. I love it. This is so cool.&amp;quot; And then she was off, having her own personal dance party in our apartment - courtesy of my Hoodie Buddie.  My skeptical self still worried about how my Buddie would wash, even though it claims to be machine washable. After literally singing and dancing around the city for a day in my sweatshirt, I decided it definitely needed a cleaning. And low and behold, after a spin in the washer and letting it dry, the headphones still worked and the sweatshirt wasn&amp;#039;t damaged in any way!  If the Hoodie Buddie isn&amp;#039;t your style, and you prefer traditional headphones, check out the Good Housekeeping Research Institute&amp;#039;s latest headphone reviews.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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