iPod nano knockoff

Ahhh, yes, Yet Another iPod Knockoff to help us keep it real fake. Supposedly it does more neato stuff than the nano like digital voice recording and supporting video natively as well as supporting a bunch of extra file formats (WMA, ASF, etc.), but it only weighs in at 256 MB capacity. It bears a resemblance to the i-Bob without the helpful faceplate informing you it's a digital audio player, so may just be a rebadge. Either way, we leave it up to you to think long and hard, kids, about whether or not you want to shell out your hard-earned 4,200 philippine pesos ($77) to contribute to the company's inevitable legal fund.

[Thanks, colli]

[Silver @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Awaiting Some Guy's inane post about how much better this is than a real iPod nano...the idiocy here is quite predictable these days.

[zaldy ipod mini @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

wow, can the nano duplicator doing some click wheel?

[Some Guy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

This thing is SOOOO much better than a Nano! Not to sound like a predictable twat, but come on! I mean the iPod is made by Apple (booo!!!!) and this thing is obviously made more superbly by... some company... and we all know just how much we all want to quickly record our voice for... some... reason... like we see so many people doing these days with their non-iPods that record voices and stuff... and... OK, I'm out of steam. I thought posting this would be funnier than it turned out to be.

[Shaun @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Come on, that's not bigger, heavier and more expensive than an iPod. Even Creative can manage that. That's what people want in their iPod knock-offs it seems. Could have been a contender....

[Mumblix Grumph @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

I personally do not give a rats ass about any similarity to the 1p0d, or however j0bs spells it. This is a portable player that does MP3's, pictures and videos for a lousy 77 bucks.
I'll take it, and then toss it in garbage diposal when something better comes along.

Seriously, kids...you really need to get over your slavish devotion to the poddy cult.

[Manleh Man @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Pretty good, but only 256 mb...
and the screen is probably black and white

[ez @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Well some knockoff look good, but this looks like sh!t.
But if it does what it says then it's still good.

[Nick @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

I laugh at your measly 256mb

[mike @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

is it made by Creative?

[Kendal @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

#5,

Stop being a try-hard anti-Apple-makes-me-so-much-smarter-because-I-am-not-following-mainstream-therefore-I-know -more-than-everyone-else view- it's been done...

And learn to spell iPod and Jobs without 0s- or does that make you cool as well?

[Writeb @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Sign me up when the 1 gb + version comes out.

[DM @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

#12 How about you stop having a I-love-ipod-so-much-that-i-will-digest-stevie's-shit-if-he-wetfarts-into-my-mouth view?

Crappy companies like this one can add more features into their players than the current market leader shows how much apple cares for its customers....But ipod lemmings won't have to worry about that, of course!

[Mark Gilbert @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

This is just like the LuxPro Super Tangent ( http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-shuffle-clone-worse-than-you-could-believe/ ). Apple make a great product and it spawn imitators who knock out cheap shoddily made clones of it. I hope people don't actually buy this. Get a real iPod Nano, not some cheap copy.

[x23 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

i think voice recording is the stupidest feature ever perhaps and don't care one bit that the ipod doesn't have it. i have an HP PDA that can voice record. i have a cellphone that can voice record. my laptop could voice record. and i can count on zero fingers how many times i have used it on any of those. what the hell is everyone "voice recording"?

if you want voice recording so bad. buy a player that has that feature. there are plenty out there. no one forces you to buy an ipod.

decent line audio recording from a show off a board or submixer might be useful... but the ipod has that. so no loss there. i can think of maybe 4 times i might have wanted to do that. more than the 0 for "voice recording".

FM radio. another pointless feature. if i wanted to listen to FM radio so bad i have FM radios all over the place. literally. and short of using one to pick up an FM transmitter from my ipod i can't think the last time i used one. i wouldn't mind AM however. as AM generally has *non-music* programming that would at least sort of make some sense... seeing as if i want to hear music... i'll listen to my own. not FM.

once again. if you want an FM radio so bad. buy a player that has that feature. there are plenty out there. no one is forcing you to buy an ipod.

i don't understand why people can't just buy the player that has the features that they want. if the ipod has what you need... buy one. if something else has more features that you want to use... buy one. i really can't understand the evangelizing that has to be done pro/anti-ipod. i don't expect a medal for buying an ipod... and i don't think you get medals for not buying an ipod either. so who cares? apparently the people that actually NEED voice recording and FM radio are in the (apparently vocal) minority or else considerably more players including those features would have been sold. there are things on the ipod now i find superfluous and cluttery (games / calendar / notes / contacts) ... i don't really want *more* stupid never-used features.

thats my opinion anyhow. i'm starting to wish the ipod would get less popular if only to shut up the anything but ipod evangelism. i remember it being considerably more enjoyable back during the 1st-gen days when you could buy one and not be accused of doing it 'just because everyone else has one and you want to be popular.' right.

note : i only listen to ripped MP3/AAC ... so any concerns regarding the iTMS really don't apply to me. and as such i don't particularly care.

[Sandra Bernal @ Oct 19th 2007 11:40AM]

Hi. I was reading you post. And thought it was funny and inresting since 4 days ago, my hubby bought me a ipod knock off. It does not even have a name brand. A make of a company. In fact its blue metalic and comes with all the features you had mentioned. Oh, I guess I should not forget to mention, The user manual guide. Which has no contact phone number or website to visit for support! What kind of crap is that? Im not sure if this thing of maggigie works.

I guess that what I get for having such a cheap husband. The dam thing only cost 60 bucks.

[girl @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

ppl knock off designer goods all the time so wht makes the ipod so special that it cant and wont be knocked off i say go ahead. n really the ipods r only popular bcuz of their massive advertising campaigns go with the knockoffs and encourage small businesses. or go with the creative zen that is real hot definitely ur moneys worth there.

[kathryn harris @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

Can we hear from someone who actually owns one of these? Like how it does with video...etc
thanks

[sandra b. @ Oct 19th 2007 10:49AM]

I actually do own one. And not sure if it works or not. It comes with all the fetures beind described on this page. With the FM radio, voice recording, digital address book, video convertion. mp3 mp4 car adapter, charger, usb cord, cd driver and a rubbery attacher to protect it. But so far the only thing that I have been able to make works is the fm radio. I don't know how to work anything else.

Oh another thing. The instruction maual. Very ocward. No phone number for support questions or website to visit. Or name brand on the thingamagiggie.

[rickawho @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

i just looked at this over the weekend. it plays video and has a color screen. interface is a bit difficult though. here in HK it's called the "Lano". heheh.

[siMac @ Dec 19th 2005 1:26AM]

I always find it mildly amusing that practically all the 'iPods-are-shit-you're-only-buying-them-because-everyone-else-does' people are Windows users...

[Donnal @ Dec 22nd 2005 1:44AM]

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[Ad_ipod @ Dec 28th 2005 12:01PM]

Seen these on ebay they are at the 1GB stage but

I just converted my pod to linux which does video and other stuff and i have filled over 1Gb with 6 video clips so the 256 is a waste of time that about 2:30 of a clip!

What a waste!