Gadgets of all kinds are not unusual in today’s market. Many of them are mobile devices meant to serve multiple purposes. But some music gadgets some are just plain weird.  Take a look at this. You may find them awkward, if not completely alien.

• Nabaztag

What is it? The name is bizarre. It comes in shape of a rabbit. It can do everything from announcing the weather and latest stock market trends, to playing MP3 files and streaming radio stations, to reading the incoming email messages of its owners. It can be programmed to do wild things, like encouraging one to exercise more or practice tai-chi. These features may seem useful to some,  but the Nabaztag has not garnered many fans. Nobody knows exactly why this small sci-fi looking rabbit never captured the attention of technology enthusiasts. But I’ll bet we can all venture a guess.

• The Oakley Thump Sunglasses

When the MP3 emerged, everybody went mad about it. The market was flooded with all these different MP3 players. So…how about a pair of sunglasses that had incorporated earbuds for listening to music? You could shield your eyes from the sun, listen to music, and look cool––all by using this one gadget. The first Thump was released in 2004. These futuristic looking sunglasses were surprisingly successful. So additional models were added to the line in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

• Sony Rolly

Sony is a brand that’s world-renowned when it comes to audio gadgets. But this doesn’t mean that the company always hit the mark with every new release. One of Sony’s goals is to become as important a player as Apple is in the digital music market. The Sony Rolly was a football-shaped gizmo that could play music and beats while spinning, rolling and dancing around to the song’s tempo. Oh, and it also flashed colorful stroboscopic lights into the air. But that’s about it. You couldn’t connect headphones because it would prevent the thing from “dancing” around. Aside from being strange, this device turned out to be just plain goofy.

• The Bone Fone

Talk about strange, this is a rather bizarre name for a music playing gadget. It belongs to this late 1970’s device––a time when small gadgets were still scarce and awkward looking. The Bone Fone was actually not a phone (and obviously not a bone either). It was a speaker that could be wrapped around your neck and shoulders. Specifically targeting joggers, it could replace headphones, which were uncomfortably large in those days. Even if the Bone Fone looked weird, the manufacturer, JS&A, did manage to sell over 10,000 Bone Fones…before they disappeared from view.