p2pnet - rss feed: iPod Shuffle clone maker responds
p2pnet.net News:- The western media have been all over LuxPro’s Super Shuffle, an Apple iPod Shuffle doppleganger.
LuxPro, based in Taiwan, not only uses advertising copy identical to Apple’s, it also had the gall to launch its player at at the CeBit technology show in Germany where Steve & Co are also showing off the original.
So here’s an item from Taipei’s DigiNews:
“Luxpro displayed its Super Shuffle MP3 player at CeBIT and drew concern from Apple for its similarities with the Apple-made iPod shuffle. According to an interview conducted by the Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN, Luxpro said that although their product may look like the iPod shuffle, it differs internally and includes an FM radio and voice recorder. Luxpro’s Chairman Fu-Ching Wu told EDN that patents do not cover appearance.”
Patents do not cover appearance, eh?
Stay tuned.
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See:-
DigiNews - Taiwan made iPod shuffle-like MP3 player draws concern from Apple, March 15, 2005
doppleganger - Apple ‘distraught’ over iPod copy, p2pnet, March 14, 2005
March 15th, 2005 at 3:31 pm
does the super shuffle have a sigmatel chip like the shuffle? If so , does it sound the same and internally have the same chip?
March 15th, 2005 at 7:58 pm
I would buy that ripoff of the shuffle anyday over the iPod Shuffle. The features alone set the two apart.
March 15th, 2005 at 11:25 pm
you probably also shop in the generic isle of the grocery store and flea markets.
March 17th, 2005 at 6:00 am
Mmmm….interesting observation! Ever looked at the ingredients on the back of a ‘generic’ brand? Same stuff, Sherlock.
March 17th, 2005 at 9:04 am
and you probably think a VW and a BMW are both ‘just’ automobiles. If you can’t apprecaite the difference, you are clueless anyway.