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The Super Shuffle....what a rip off!

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#1 ·
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000857035387/

From engadget:
" You hear that? It’s the sound of Stevie J. letting loose a thousand lawyers on the people at Luxpro who think that they’re somehow not going to get the crap sued out of them over the “Super Shuffle,” a flash-based MP3 player that looks so very, very familiar to us. Supposedly the Super Shuffle MX-575D/1075D has the same weight as the iPod shuffle, but is slightly larger (8.4 x 2.5 x 0.84mm for the shuffle vs. 8.5 x 2.5 x 0.97 for the Super Shuffle) and comes with a built-in FM tuner, comes in 512MB and 1GB flavors, and offers support for playback of MP3, WMA, and WAV files."

Link to actual site: http://www.luxpro-corp.com/e_575d.htm

I wonder if it works with iTunes? They'll probably get a letter from Apple's legal department soon...
 
#4 ·
Do they really think they'll survive this?? LOL! Apple's gonna carve them a new one, man.
 
#6 ·
well, i hate to say it but that's what happens when you send your technology overseas to be manufactured. currently the chinese "reverse engineer" just about everything that is manufactured there, and there really is no copyright or patent protection for corporations that have been ripped off. this is not the first nor the last instance of such blatant ripoffs:
 

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#9 ·
Kudo's to them for putting an FM tuner in it, and shame on Apple for not adding one.
Here is Apples, "keep it simple" mentality again... just like the one button mouse... as if a two button mouse with a scroll wheel is way to complex for Mac users! yeh right!
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#11 ·
Get a load of this one!

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/18/content_401235.htm

Quote:

"Chinese automakers must enhance their independent development capabilities, instead of copying others. Otherwise, we will lag further behind foreign rivals," Jia Xinguang with the China Automotive Industry Consulting and Development Corp, said in an interview with China Daily.
 
#15 ·
Their website has it listed with their other models, and it seems pretty real. The pictures of their booth at the show in Germany also look real. Seems like a really stupid joke if it were one.

I think they're gonna get the pants sued off them. They've copied a product design and marketing image.

If they are cheaper than the Apple shuffle, these things will sell like hotcakes... image if they worked with the autofill feature as well?? lol... man would that be the icing on the cake.
 
#16 ·
uwbill said:
ok... just to clarify, that super shuffle is from a Taiwanese company
Yes, I wrote 'Chinese' above because I saw that the alternate language was Chinese. After looking up their address, the are located in Taiwan. Of course, much of what these Taiwanese companies is produced on the mainland.

The Shuffles are made in China anyway, aren't they? Black market overruns and counterfeit products are widely available. It's impossible to keep track of all products that are produced by these contractors.

It's the ingenuity to add features which I find hard to believe in this story.
 
#17 ·
I'm starting to wonder if this is for real or not... the pictures make it look kinda fake.. but there is a seem on the back of it, which the real Shuffle doesn't have.

Also, the voice recorder function seems unlikey, because how would it work? How would you know how long a recording is, how much room is left, etc. The radio function would be extremely limited as well without the LCD...

Maybe the whole thing is a hoax. The product, the picture of the booth at this 'show' in Germany (anybody heard of this show before) and even the website could be a hoax, anybody ever hear of this company before?
 
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#22 ·
Reading one of the posts on engadget... it seems that Apple made the shuffle a non protected device.. meaning no patents. Seems like they can't do anything about it if this is true. Apparently, there wasn't enough basis to make any design patents because the Shuffle is only a slimmed down version of what's already on the market. Very interesting indeed!

I think though.. this won't affect Apple much in sales.. cause people place trust in brand.. well.. a lot do anyway. I think those that want an iPod Shuffle, will continue to go get them only because it's the brand that counts. Besides, if you think about it.. how useful could an FM tuner and Voice Recording be.. without a screen?
 
#23 · (Edited)
Well, here's a screenshot with your new posts and my loading it in. Could be a cache issue??
 
#25 ·
Vexel said:
Reading one of the posts on engadget... it seems that Apple made the shuffle a non protected device.. meaning no patents. Seems like they can't do anything about it if this is true. Apparently, there wasn't enough basis to make any design patents because the Shuffle is only a slimmed down version of what's already on the market. Very interesting indeed!
Nothing personal, but I'd take that engadget post with a boulder of salt. Somehow I suspect there's way, way more to intellectual property law, design patents and trademarks than you, me and the poster combined know. In other words, the assertion sounds patently absurd...

Besides, if you think about it.. how useful could an FM tuner and Voice Recording be.. without a screen?
The absence of a screen plus the presence of those particular features really does make the whole thing smell like a hoax.
 
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