For intents and purposes, we're thoroughly
numb to iPod nano
knockoffs at this
point, but when some company goes beyond the call of duty to uglify its copycat attempt, we can't help give credit. Friendship Star International Limited, which earns major kudos on name alone, has created the nano-inspired FD-1888P for those adamantly against click wheels (and products of authenticity). The unit features a 1.8-inch color display, integrated speaker, FM tuner, rechargeable Li-ion, support for MP3, MP4, MTV and AMV file formats and a totally bodacious D-pad control scheme. Pricing information is reserved for those willing to buy hundreds at the time, so who knows how long
that will remain a mystery.
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PMPToday]
posted Nov 16th 2007 12:24PM
silly engadget, the new nano was ALWAYS ugly!
I thought so too, but when you see it in person it's sexy as hell.
I'm still sad they reverted back to the chrome backplates, but as Joseph said... oh lawd secksay in RL.
I saw it in person and laughed.
This thing was ugly to begin with... and the click wheel is awful, no matter the size. Give credit to China tho, even though their button scheme is wacky, at least it has features.
...poptarts are sexy?
they have a ton of these at my campus computer store, so I know fine and well what they look like in person, unfortunately.
yes, its not the fact that its a knock off that its ugly. its that its the new nano why its ugly.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Are you all on crack? The new Nano was so sweet I ran out to get one the very first day it was on sale; I got the first charcoal-colored one sold in Delaware. Everyone who sees it loves it. Oh, wait, I get it. This is just more Apple hating. Sorry to have fed the trolls.
Indeed, my sister has the new Nano too, and I envy her. However, this one has built-in speaker and FM! I doubt the quality is any good, but know, they tried... :)
Are people not entitled to an opinion without being branded haters anymore?
Ugly is a subjective term.
And youre not REALLY sorry to have fed the trolls are you?
Shouldn't the title be "Friendship Star knocks off iPod nano, makes it uglier"
I wonder if Friendship Star can put the screens in straight... Apple sure can't. Just about all of the 3G Nanos have tilted screens!
Uglier...but I think that's already been covered in the comments.
atleast this has soccer players on it ^_^
When are companies going to start realizing that copying Apple's product's isn't the recipe for success? Apple products sell well because they're innovative. When you copy it you've lost that and gained nothing.
innovative? no. apple products sell because they are the only products heavily advertised.
ive never seen a sansa commercial, and creative and cowon being foreign based i never see them advertised along with what other products, sony samsung????
sorry, innovative is not at all what apple is, its more like lets make 1 thing and keep updating it with useless features such as album art and oh i cant think of anything else.
Sure their 'new' nanos or updates and things like that aren't innovative but they don't have to be anymore.
The original iPod was what started the whole mp3 player everywhere craze.
Don't get me wrong I'm not a big apple supporter. I don't own a mac and probably never will nor do I have an iPod or any other Apple product for that matter.
But for some of their products, like the iPod, they were very innovative. Regardless of whether that innovation has gone stale by now or not. (Which I completely agree it has)
Apple products only sell well because they're popular. Nothing more. In order to combat that, the other companies really have to dish out extremely overwhelming amounts of useful features or NOBODY will take down this popularity contest.
For sales, popularity > value
Only sell because they are popular? You've got it bassawkwards. Sales = popularity.
Of course popularity would be based mostly off of advertising but wouldn't you say at least some of the popularity would stem from Apple being the first to make the mp3 player incredible simple?
"For intents and purposes"
I think that's supposed to be "For *all* intents and purposes". It really doesn't make any sense without it.
Well, the only reason I stopped using my Muvo N200 was that 1GB wasn't enough for me. Great little player there, only real flaw is lack of file format support.
Wait, how did that get here? This was supposed to be for the next comment. :-/
Wait... squarish DAP, screen on the top, controls at the bottom... must be an iPod knockoff!
I agree: Innovation is not one of Apples strong points. They make sexy looking electronics that people trying to be trendy buy.
Oh please, like the rest of the music player makers are anymore innovative than Apple.
By the way, anyone that thinks their Creative player is superior to everything haven't tried anything else. Trust me, I loved my Zen until it started crapping out and when I noticed it was f'ing huge compared to competing products. Only feature I could deem interesting or worthy about it was the OLED display, which was anything but battery-friendly. :S
I would like to say, after purchasing 2 different iPods, iPods have the shittiest sound of any DAP.
Hey, what's up with the image inside the Nano?
About 1 year ago, my agency ( http://www.foreign.se ) finalized the work for adidas and their advertising connected to the world cup. The photage that is inside the Nano is taken from those campaigns.
Nothing wrong with that, I just wonder why this was your choice and where you got it? Or was it in there?
The image is a collage of Michael Ballack, Podolski (both from the German team) and Patrick Viera from France. Taken with a generic +10 background
you mean "uglier"
lmao man so many people r trying to jack apple's ideas
that thing looks so f ugly too
I love how all of the comments bashing the new nano are the highest ranked!
Personally, I bought one after my ipod mini finally gave up and I cant complain. Everyone who see's it thinks is gorgeous. Its so much nicer than the older ones. I do wish they hadnt gone with the chome back though...