"LUXPRO, a Taiwan-based maker of digital audio products, has introduced what can only be described as a blatant rip-off of Apple's iPod shuffle. LUXPRO's 'Super shuffle,' which is being shown this week at the CeBIT conference in Germany, is nearly identical to the iPod shuffle in every way--from its form factor to its name and advertising," iPodlounge reports.
"Made from the same white plastic and featuring the same control pad as the iPod shuffle, the Super shuffle is also the exact length (3.3") and width (0.99") as the iPod shuffle. The flash memory-based Super shuffle is a little thicker (0.38") than the iPod shuffle (0.33"), but offers an FM tuner and voice recorder, which the Apple device lacks," iPodlounge reports.
"Like the iPod shuffle, the Super shuffle is offered only in 512MB and 1GB sizes, and works with both Windows and Mac OS X. Pricing and availability were not immediately available. However, MacNews.de was able to snap a handful of photos of the device and its advertising at CeBIT, which show that LuxPro is not only cloning Apple's low-cost player, but is also replicating its well-known silhouette ads," iPodlounge reports.
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:33 (twenty-one years ago)
Looks a bit better than Apple's version.
"Apple to stop CeBIT presentation of iPod shuffle clone"
http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/57460
Apple are cheeky bastards, did they invent the MP3 player?
No.
― mei (mei), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:46 (twenty-one years ago)
Ummm, no. They never claimed to have.
But this is so blatant it's comic.
― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 15:47 (twenty-one years ago)
Luxpro deserve some kind of award for 'Going beyond "cheeky" and into "big fucking brass balls"'.
― Tantrum (Tantrum The Cat), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 16:30 (twenty-one years ago)
I wonder if it works just like the ipod shuffle.... like will it work with itunes?
― green uno skip card (ex machina), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)
For all the people who bought a "COBY" brand walkman because they use they same typeface as SONY.
― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 14:20 (twenty-one years ago)
these guys make Behringer look like angels.-- Jack Battery-Pack (Jackbatterypac...), March 16th, 2005 8:09 PM. (later)
heheheh
― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Thursday, 17 March 2005 01:09 (twenty-one years ago)