Meizu's M3se Music Card -- redesigned

Meizu certainly knows a good design when they see it. Now they're taking that resizing magic which slimmed down the M6se to their M3 Music Card digital media player. The M3se packs a lighter duty 500mAh battery (down from 700mAh) in order to squeeze into its shorter 76-mm tall (down from 81-mm) chassis which features a new brushed-metal backside. They've also done away with that quirky offset control for skipping tracks while widening the control strip down the center. All these changes result in a cleaner look for Meizu's rapidly evolving product portfolio.

[Via dapreview, thanks Michael]

[Aaron @ May 29th 2007 8:47AM]

now where have i seen a display like that before?

[joshpsp1.5 @ May 29th 2007 8:49AM]

Nice iPod Nano... ah... i mean music card

[Kit F @ May 29th 2007 9:11AM]

It looks exactly like an iPod Nano, down to the locations of the hold switch, dock connector, and headphone jack.

[maryland157 @ May 29th 2007 9:12AM]

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.

[Cupajo @ May 29th 2007 9:26AM]

"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.

[brett @ May 29th 2007 9:12AM]

ah yes...

...the microsapple zuno?

[AlanJC @ May 29th 2007 9:15AM]

I'm seeing iriver h10 and creative zen here more than I'm seeing ipod nano.

[Sameer Surampalli @ May 29th 2007 9:22AM]

Really? I'm definitely seeing the iPod nano.

[Cupajo @ May 29th 2007 9:24AM]

OMFG!! It's a rectangle! Call a lawyer! Call the cops! Call Guru Steve!

[Rick Lyon @ May 29th 2007 9:34AM]

Yea because the contrasting silver metal on the back, the plug placements, and screen icon placements are all as common as a rectangle. :rolleyes:

[brett @ May 29th 2007 9:24AM]

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.

[Cupajo @ May 29th 2007 10:17AM]

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.

[stitifier @ May 29th 2007 9:51AM]

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.

[kadajawi @ May 29th 2007 2:34PM]

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.

[Rick Lyon @ May 29th 2007 10:24AM]

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!

[joshpsp1.5 @ May 29th 2007 10:32AM]

that is a very poor attemp to bash apple as ipods dont have battery covers...

[Cupajo @ May 29th 2007 2:15PM]

Do you, want some more, commas for, that post. I, have a few, extra laying, around.

[John @ May 29th 2007 10:26AM]

The scroll bar actually made me think more of the iRiver H10 than the iPod

[Dave @ May 29th 2007 11:59AM]

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.

[Rick Lyon @ May 29th 2007 2:29PM]

Do you really? Nice. Are they right next to your how to cool on the internet book?

[Cupajo @ May 29th 2007 3:01PM]

Rick Lyon: "how to cool on the internet book"

What the hell does that mean?

[Rick Lyon @ May 29th 2007 3:14PM]

"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)

[Jeffrey @ May 29th 2007 3:07PM]

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.

[Cupajo @ May 29th 2007 4:37PM]

Ah well, yes. That makes much more sense.



It's still not funny, but at least I understand it.

[Darkzero63 @ May 30th 2007 2:10AM]

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.

[Rick Lyon @ May 29th 2007 4:44PM]

Never expected you to laugh at it, lol.

[Voice Of Reason @ May 30th 2007 2:27AM]

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.

[tekdroid @ May 29th 2007 5:14PM]

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

[Griz @ Jun 7th 2007 9:49PM]

Does anybody know if Meizu (since they copy apple so much) will create a Meizu Music Store?

[YoshiGSH @ May 29th 2007 5:27PM]

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.

[Richy @ May 30th 2007 9:17AM]

For the 'Voice of Reason', you sure seem angry!

[Cupajo @ May 30th 2007 8:35AM]

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.

[YenLai @ May 30th 2007 11:33AM]

@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...

[Dan @ May 30th 2007 2:35PM]

@Darkzero63

I'm pretty sure there's a triangle shaped player around somewhere.