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Of course, 1GB dosnt get you much porta-pr0n.]]>Feb 20th 2006 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
In typical knockoff fashon, they've taken an American designed product and improved on it, for less money.]]>Feb 20th 2006 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
bob: thats the smell of a new ipod ripoff for sale.

me: so basically thats the smell of the apple legal team.

bob: yea pretty much.

me: hm, ironically, they smell like fresh baked apple pie.]]>Feb 20th 2006 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
Any Pro Merchant volume seller can apparently add a new product. There's a review process to make sure they don't already have that product elsewhere, but I guess that's all they review.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/10683361/002-9672176-3336846]]>Feb 20th 2006 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
Business wise though I think it's a smart thing to do if you are a small company. Leeching of the marketing millions Apple is pumping into the world. How many grand ma's you think will go to a store and think, well it's not the apple thingy my little John wanted but it's just as shiny as my new teeth so I'll get this one. It's even cheaper tee-hee.

I know I have seen that mistake being made. And that cash goes up in smoke. Because you just throw it right away.

I just sit back and wait till the next Apple show where they take a new leap. I reckon a one-screen-sided touch screen enabled all-player. Like a psp without gaming. Only smaller, with more gb's of room and just as click. But more Apply.

]]>Feb 20th 2006 5:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
"The TRiPod is the same thickness as a #2..."

No where does it say anything about a "Pencil" so they must be talking about Crap...]]>Feb 20th 2006 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
see for yourself in the trailer:
http://www.scarymovie.com

screengrab:
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/1390/tripodscarymovie49bx.jpg

which means it's probably only an elaborate advertising for the movie? or just a sign that fake ipods goes intergalactic soon....

fred]]>Feb 20th 2006 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Other products by SummiTech

Yeah, SoSummiTech. How ironic :)]]>Feb 20th 2006 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
Business wise though I think it's a smart thing to do if you are a small company. Leeching of the marketing millions Apple is pumping into the world. How many grand ma's you think will go to a store and think, well it's not the apple thingy my little John wanted but it's just as shiny as my new teeth so I'll get this one. It's even cheaper tee-hee.

I know I have seen that mistake being made. And that cash goes up in smoke. Because you just throw it right away.

I just sit back and wait till the next Apple show where they take a new leap. I reckon a one-screen-sided touch screen enabled all-player. Like a psp without gaming. Only smaller, with more gb's of room and just as click. But more Apply."

Even though almost all of us claim that we crave creativity, any single time a new interface or look comes up, we end up comparing it to the iPods... so why not go with what sells? something that looks familliar.

This issue will never satisfy everyone. They're either copycats or people who try to "steal apple's" design...]]>Feb 20th 2006 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 9:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
It makes sense as well because people are followers at best. If there would be thousands of different designs, people would lose te ability to compare "their" gadget to the one their neighbour has. So people would get confused

"Duh... Am I cooler or is he??"

It is generally established that Apple = Cool so by having a Apple-(choose) you are automatically cool. Thus you are done worrying about it and are able to move on.

I like the fact that such HUGE powers are so easy to spot but so hard to resist :)

And about the copying, it's probably just evolution. Windows Vista is coming and there is this video on video.google.com called windows revisited where they overlay a windows spokesperson' speech over a video of OSX showcasing that all new functions in Vista already exist in their OS.

You have to respect Nintendo and Apple because their business model is to stay in front. There is no other option. Scary. But oh so satisfying.]]>Feb 20th 2006 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 20th 2006 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
Hmm? What do you mean stay in front? Apple hasn't really done anything new in quite some time. They weren't the first to sell music online, they weren't the first with portible media players, they didn't invent the mouse or the gui...what they did imo was improve on a lot of existing technologies. I don't think any of it was staying in front, I just think it was taking logical progressions in technology and then over marketing them. ]]>Feb 20th 2006 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
They are of course all about marketing. But they are also about delivering a very smooth experience to their buyers. Somehow they manage to let complete computer nitwits install software and then upload music to their shiny toys. And thats their greatest feat.

That's what I mean with staying in front. They say they are about unique experiences and they deliver as well. Unique as in everyone should be able to...

I must say of course Apple isn't god or anything of course. Read how Jobs has tried hard to loose pixar for years and years. Him now cashing in it with Disney is almost a travesty.

http://lowendmac.com/orchard/06/0123.html

But you got to hand it to Apple. They got an opening and they took it with both hands. Right now they are milking it like any company would. Only they are doing it in such way it stays interesting. ]]>Feb 21st 2006 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 21st 2006 10:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
They plainly stated it is not and apple product.

It has a different interface

larger screen

different buttons instead of click wheel.

Does apple have a patent on the size?

If they have grounds for a lawsuit then what about pop-tarts vs. Sam's Choice toaster pasteries?

ford vs chevy vs toyota vs nissan vs whoever else on pickup trucks?

come on get serious...

everyone in the world today rips off everyone else's idea...

if that is grounds for an injunction or lawsuit or being removed from the market place I guess we will only have the Toyota hybrid car as they were first to market!

I say we started this global market mess....we now live with it!

The chinese are faster at reacting and getting similar products to market plain and simple.]]>Feb 21st 2006 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 21st 2006 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Feb 21st 2006 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/
Review:
http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=293421]]>Feb 22nd 2006 2:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/20/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xxi-the-tripod-hits-amazon-you-kn/Jun 24th 2007 7:38PM