Vi also promises touch-activated speech recognition to keep your hands free, and its battery is reportedly good enough to last for a whole day's worth of activity (twice as long as most rivals, if you believe LifeBeam). And yes, they they should sound reasonably good for old-school music: Harman/Kardon is helping to produce a "high-fidelity" sound.

Like the idea? LifeBeam is asking for a $199 pledge to get Vi for yourself when it ships sometime in the fall. Otherwise, you're looking at $249. That's not trivial by any means, but it's not much more expensive than other, mostly music-oriented in-ears. If you get most of your listening in during your morning run, it's likely worth taking a look.