Sahpr S600 PMP: it's like a Sharp, just far more dull

While we can't quite crown this abomination with a bona fide KIRF label, there's still plenty of knockoff to keep the crowds chuckling. If you'll recall, Sharp popped out a boring SP600 portable media player in early 2008, and now, we've got some kind of undercover apprentice attempting to ride that wave. For those familiar with the real Sharp, you'll no doubt recognize the iconic (albeit slightly out of sorts) Sahpr logo there in the top left corner. What you won't recognize, however, is any design cues from the authentic Sharp PMP. For those who must know, the S600 sports a 5-inch display, support for a whole slew of formats and support for HD output. We'd wish you luck on actually finding one, but surely you're not depressed enough to embarrass yourself with one of these, right? Right.

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[EpsilonNot Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:27PM]

Honestly, I don't think it looks that bad. I like the sharper edges, at least- everything today is too rounded.

[Loonie Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:46PM]

You mean the sahprer edges?

Yes, sorry, I went there.

[notice Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:31PM]

I might be exactly that depressed...

[Aguiluz Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:33PM]

Can I "sahpren" my pencil?

[Sabrage Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:41PM]

That actually looks pretty good for a KIRF

[Gregorian Posted Apr 8th 2009 11:57PM]

Yeah. It looks nice.
If it does what it claims to do, then great.
I'd prefer it to be called a Shrap though.

[RAMz Posted Apr 8th 2009 8:51PM]

Haha....Sahpr

[xirsteon Posted Apr 8th 2009 9:08PM]

love.


hate.


neutral.


me ==> love n want

[borner Posted Apr 8th 2009 9:10PM]

If you don't tell me Sahpr is akin to SHARP, I would never think it is emulating SHARP. Frankly, this thing looks way better than SHARP SP600. Really doubt we should still call it a kind of "knock-off".

[MaxSMoke777 Posted Apr 9th 2009 2:19AM]

No kidding!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 8th 2009 9:29PM]

"but surely you're not depressed enough to embarrass yourself with one of these, right? Right."

don't be hating on chinese products... Some of these "knock-offs" are better than the "original."
And recently, many "knock-offs" on engadget have been very decent, even GOOD. I don't think i'd be embarrassed carrying one of these around. I'd probably even show it off.

[Sabrage Posted Apr 8th 2009 10:54PM]

The one I don't get is the amount they hate on the Meizu M8... I'm pretty sure Engadget has yet to touch or maybe even see one in person.

[bebop Posted Apr 8th 2009 11:26PM]

The M8 was a running joke of hype, mockups, prototypes, and delays. True, the final result wasn't dreadful, but the world - and engadget - had moved on by that point.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2009 2:29AM]

This actually looks amazing!, i love the design.

Just a simple sharp edged rectangle.

[chen Posted Apr 8th 2009 9:47PM]

They just fucking rearrange the letter, did not change font shit, what a shame

[htd Posted Apr 8th 2009 10:02PM]

what's with "right? Right."?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 8th 2009 10:58PM]

Why don't they make it "Saphr" so that we could at least pronounce it?

[joe23521 Posted Apr 8th 2009 11:34PM]

How exactly is Saphr easier to pronounce than Sahpr?

[MaxSMoke777 Posted Apr 9th 2009 2:18AM]

Please allow me to school Joe23521 by saying that "Saphr" sounds like Sapphire when you say it out loud. Therefor it would be a brilliant name for a device.

As for Engadget, they are toadies for Apple and wouldn't know a good PMP if it was hurled at their heads. That is a very nice player with a lovely utilitarian style about it. I'm certain Sahpr means something their language, not that I'd expect these troglodytes to bother finding out what that is. Why look up facts, when it's so easy to just shameless dog on things?

[gp Posted Apr 9th 2009 5:13AM]

Darren Murph, you have demonstrated without doubt that you are aesthetically-challenged. Why don't you just stop giving useless opinions on that subject, once and for all?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 12:10PM]

Yeah. "More dull".

[GingerFox Posted Apr 9th 2009 12:53PM]

i like how the screen pretty much fills the entire device, i like it *shrug*

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 9th 2009 3:58PM]

it looks better than the sharp device in my opinion :]