Meizu's M3se Music Card -- redesigned
By Thomas Ricker 
posted May 29th 2007 8:33AM
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now where have i seen a display like that before?
Nice iPod Nano... ah... i mean music card
It looks exactly like an iPod Nano, down to the locations of the hold switch, dock connector, and headphone jack.
Looks like a %100 iPod rip off even the stlye of the screen (Were the battery is located , the song info , and the volume and stuff like that). This should be part of the keepin it fake.
"Were the battery is located"
You can't fucking be serious. The battery indicator is in the top right corner. That's where practically every device with a display puts the battery indicator. They were putting it there well before the iPod. Or did Messiah Steve copyright the top right corner, too?
You guys are too much.
ah yes...
...the microsapple zuno?
I'm seeing iriver h10 and creative zen here more than I'm seeing ipod nano.
Really? I'm definitely seeing the iPod nano.
OMFG!! It's a rectangle! Call a lawyer! Call the cops! Call Guru Steve!
Yea because the contrasting silver metal on the back, the plug placements, and screen icon placements are all as common as a rectangle. :rolleyes:
Damnit, you're right. It's clearly Zen- and 1G nano- (and not Zune) inspired.
...which would make it the creapple zeno?
regardless, I like the design more than I like apple's or creative's. the proportions are just right; as well, the vertical scroll pad just looks cleaner.
You're right! Other electronics manufacturers should be forbidden from placing buttons on the edge. Or on the front (apple did that first, too). Everyone else should be forced to place their controls on the back next to the battery compartment.
Oh, wait. Battery compartments are clearly an apple innovation.
Question: if the pictured device had been red, or blue perhaps, would people still be comparing it to a Nano? Or did Apple take out patents on the entire color spectrum?
As others have said, this looks more like a rip-off of the Zen, though it's clear that elements are also lifted from the Nano. But what do you expect? The market is so flooded with digital music player wannabes that you have to expect that some are going to copy elements of the successful ones. What, you want blazing originality each and every time? Good luck with that.
Also, having different controls and displays on each and every player would be terribly confusing to users. Most cars have their gear knob at the same place, the windscreen wiper and light controls are usually at the same location. No one would shout that Mercedes ripped of BMW for that.
Yes, because I only mentioned button placement! Reading is fundamental! Combine ALL my points, not just selectively grab one that you can use in a failed attempt to bash Apple. It's shows your ignorance.
No one is forbidden as your grandstanding again suggests, it's end result will simply again, show that too many similarities will no doubt bring comparisons to the first device with such features. In this case, it's the iPod, but not limited to. As I've seen a trash can company copy the Zune!
that is a very poor attemp to bash apple as ipods dont have battery covers...
Do you, want some more, commas for, that post. I, have a few, extra laying, around.
The scroll bar actually made me think more of the iRiver H10 than the iPod
Meizu knows a good design when they see it. And at least their products look more refined than other knockoffs. However, unless it's half the price of a Nano, I wouldn't touch it.
Do you really? Nice. Are they right next to your how to cool on the internet book?
Rick Lyon: "how to cool on the internet book"
What the hell does that mean?
"How To Be Cool On The Internet"
Well, they way you mocked my use, or lack of, commas in my post. Usually, people try to bash others or point out flaws in posts to make themselves feel better or to act cool for others reading the posts.
(I left out the word 'be' in my original post, apologies)
Purchased a Meizu product and have been nothing but completely satisfied (especially with the sound quality). I think people should get their head out of the picture and go out and actually try one. I was really impressed with it. Oh and its Mass Storage Complient.
Who cares what it looks like? BTW...did anyone notice how so many DAPs these days are rectangles? I think we should call Apple's lawyers, they seem to get a lot of calls from you guys.
Ah well, yes. That makes much more sense.
It's still not funny, but at least I understand it.
There are only so many design schemes one can come up with..
They haven't come up with a triangle shaped music player yet though.
Never expected you to laugh at it, lol.
Cupajo, you're an idiot if you can't see the similarities to the iPod nano, or any of the iPod family products. They use the fkn OSX default background image in most of their product photography shots you twit. Argue that one into "just being a rectangle".
You're a moron.
all this talk of looks an none of functionality. If it's anything like other Meizu products (including the current Music Card) it will:
* Play FLAC: http://flac.sourceforge.net
* Play Ogg Vorbis
* Be Mass-Storage compliant for music as well as data, for use in virtually any operating system (take songs, give songs on any computer)
* Play WAV
* Play WMA and MP3 and other run-o-tha-mill formats (Zzzz)
* Sound good, by all accounts (tho I haven't tried their products yet)
* Be good value
Meizu are definitely a company doing things differently from the bulk of their competitors, IMO.
http://en.meizu.com
Does anybody know if Meizu (since they copy apple so much) will create a Meizu Music Store?
Man, I can't wait to get this. Meizu's great at taking the best elements from all leading DAPs and combining them into one: The touch pad controls of the Zen Vision M, audio quality of iAudio, body of iPod Nano without the lack of features, dirt cheap prices comparable to most Chinese DAPs, even USB mass storage compliant. Now I just need to see pics of the black one.
For the 'Voice of Reason', you sure seem angry!
Wow, "The Voice of Reason" called me an idiot, a twit and a moron all in one post. Looks like somebody got onto their Exploding Macbook 7 and opened iThesaurus.
@Cupajo,
yeah, make stupid i-jokes, instead of discussing the task at hand. that'll get you everywhere. everytime someone puts you in your place you resort to lame remarks about comma's and iThesaurus. brilliant.
@Richy,
i know it sounds angry, i should have known not to read the comments, i knew there'd be some troll screaming "it's a rectangle, did steve patent a geometric shape"... it happened when meizu ripped off the iphone with their m8... i mean, seriously, it takes any idiot a single second to look at that and say, it's a rip-off of the iphone. but even still, i think cupajo's spiritial predecessor sat in those comments screaming "it's a rectangle with rounded corners....blahblahblah", it's just idiotic and childish and comes off as condescending as all get out...
@Darkzero63
I'm pretty sure there's a triangle shaped player around somewhere.