Super (Rip-off) Shuffle!
Thanks to reader, Daniel M. Gattermann, for writing in with the news of the
Luxpro Corp Super Shuffle, which is quite possibly the most blatant
rip-off of an Apple product that I’ve seen in years. As Daniel notes, they ”even copied the look of the iPod
ads.”
Daniel spotted the story about this product over at MacNews.de, where
they have a nice collection of pictures of
the Super Shuffle in action, ripe and awaiting a lawsuit from Apple. According to the makers of the Super
Shuffle,”We had the same idea.”
I wonder how long it will take Apple to sue them out of existence? Ausgezeichnet!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Pedro said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
prepare for lawsuits!
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Kenny said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
Oh, c'mon. That is just insane...
so... how much are these?
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Brian said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
This is a joke right? This has got to be a joke.
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GrimReaper said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
A-go-go gadgitron "Apple Legal"
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Todd said 4:57PM on 7-26-2005
I'm with Brian, this has got to be a joke. If it's not a joke the guys running LuxPro have got to be the stupidest people in the world or they've got the biggest knackers in the world if they think they can get away with this. The legal blood bath should be fun to watch.
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vanou said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
If this isn't a joke... then wow, their Super Shuffle has more functionality then the iPod Shuffle, FM radio plus voice recorder, wow!
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Brett said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
This is OBVIOUSLY a bogus lead/story, no company in the world would so blatantly rip off the design of a competitor's product. There are so-called knock-offs, and then there is just plain stealing another company's patented/trademarked product design, which this would be if the pictures are accurate. I question the pix also, the one with the red background is identical to the one on Apple's site with a green background.
We should all know better than to believe something just because it's posted on the web somewhere!
http:/randomtruth.blogspot.com/
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Foxified said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
http://www.luxpro-corp.com/
lol
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Jack said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
7) Brett, the company is real. They exist. And the product is real as well. It happens a lot more often than one thinks. Asia is a notorious world of piracy and knock-offs.
But it's funny how someone can claim that this item is "obviously" fake, yet post on their blog the following regarding Amber alerts:
"When you add together the two scenarios I just mentioned, here is what you get: Some white trash family has a custody issue over their mongoloid child, one kidnaps the child from the other, the police are notified, they issue an amber alert, every idiot on the freeway has to stop and read it, and I am stuck in traffic for an extra half hour for no reason! This really needs to stop, seriously."
Amber alerts are a waste, and products proven to be real are fake.
Please.
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Brett A. said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
This company has absolutely no retail information on their site. As far as I know this product isnt available in the US.
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badxmaru said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
where can I get one of these?
I'd rather have this than sell out the future of my mp3s to apple!
they'll be collector's items lickity split
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Rob said 4:47PM on 6-23-2005
Rip Off? Who? Apple against the consumer or LexPro against Apple? I'd buy the Super over the shuffle any day. Kudoes to LexPro for seeing an over priced stick and having the balls to commerically say something about it!
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Rob said 4:47PM on 6-23-2005
Rip Off? Who? Apple against the consumer or LexPro against Apple? I'd buy the Super over the shuffle any day. Kudoes to LexPro for seeing an over priced stick and having the balls to commerically say something about it!
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gino said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
The Apple Shuffle comes with FM Tuner built-in. Apple decided not to enable it for other reasons. But the functionality is in every Apple Shuffle sold. It's just *NOT* turned on. Time to do surgery....
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john said 4:14PM on 6-16-2005
While Apple fights this one out in court, I would like to know where to get one of these bad boys in store. I am sure they cost much less than the 99 and 149 apple charges.
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