2nd generation shuffle clones

[Hotboxx]

I think michiganjfrog hates the Shuffle :-)

Don't take it too serious, the shuffle is in my opinion just a nice gadget.

[michiganjfrog]

Well I wouldnt say I "hate" the Shuffle, or that I take it all that seriously... its just an mp3 player, right?! I've never eveb seen the new Shuffle in person, let alone tried it in order to properly hate it! But from all I have seen of Apple and their adherents, I think people are too quick to choose the "Apple option" (which is usually a more expensive option), allowing Apple's marketing or design to be the biggest influence instead of letting "common sense" rule. I think that no matter what the product, if its made by Apple, there are much better equivalents out there at lower prices! They often get little respect or attention because they have different designs (I dont think its a coincidence all of Apple's products feature that round clickwheel....).

With the original Shuffle, what became apparent in review after review I read, is that people were paying more for *less* of a player, in comparison to the competition. In just about every sense of the word (except connection to iTunes). And yet, Apple seems to have sold quite a tidy sum of Shuffles nevertheless. (It may be considered a design failure to most but to Apple, even a design failure seems to sell well!). I'm sure you'll be happy with your Shuffle clone nevertheless... and I can see the appeal of this player (simplicty and size). I too would like to see a hands on review of the unit...

[pmilladcs]

i think that the shuffle clone is a peice of crap. why? well, right now i'm saving to buy a new mp4 player. one of my friends lets me use his ipod shuffle first generation cuz he has an ipod video. the only thing i like about the shuffle is that it switches threw songs like a normal mp3 player.fast. right when u press the button. not like the nano clones. that means that the shuffle clone will go any faster? i dont think so.
that is why i think the shuffle clone is a peice of shit

[ollux]

Let's say it's the smallest 1GB player in the world. I would say thats kinda cool, so it's all about the status, who cares? I just don't think that the ripoff has the exact same size and maybe is out of plasic instead of metal. So then it would even look like shit and I would say bad deal, but we don't know.

[HubbleMart]

Originally Posted by ollux";p=&quot

Let's say it's the smallest 1GB player in the world.

Probably not!

Originally Posted by ollux";p=&quot

I just don't think that the ripoff has the exact same size and maybe is out of plasic instead of metal.

It is the exact same size and made of metal. In fact, it uses the same aluminum extrusion section that the metal pod does - it's just cut shorter.

This one is also made of metal, is really small (1" cube), goes up to 2GB, and has an oled display. It's really cute, I was thinking of getting some of these.
[img=left:6d82d71a90]http://www.hubblemart.com/ebay/FingerCube.jpg[/img:6d82d71a90]
[img=left:6d82d71a90]http://www.hubblemart.com/ebay/EarCube.jpg[/img:6d82d71a90]

[Hotboxx]

Well, as promised here is the review.

First I was shocked from the delivery time. I bought it in Sunday 25 February, and this morning Thursday 1 March the mailman delivered the pack allready. I guess that is a new Ebay Hong Kong record.

First impression is good, even very good. These Chinese guys can really copy anything now. They pack the fake shuffle in a real fake fancy Apple plastic box.

In the box there is a Shuffle player, the usual unreadable users manual, a 3.5mm!!! headset and a 3.5mm to USB cable.

The appearance of the shuffle player is extremely good, nice green anodised aluminum, the clip works good and the control buttons are easy to use, they respond very good.

Then the problem started, my Windows XP computer won't recognise the device. I will try to solve the problem later, if somebody has any suggestions??. Lucky me, I also have a Apple iMac at home. I plugged it in and it was recognised right away. I could tranfert the songs very easy and the shuffle player works perfect.

The sound quality is very good, clear sound, I used the Skullcandy headset.

So, the general impression is very good, the fake Shuffle player is a nice and cute gadget. I paid 38 Euro for it. That is 10 Euro more than I would pay for a FMP from Uxcell. I am shure that the price will drop soon because there will be more on offer on Ebay soon. Untill now, I only found 2 Ebay seller who offer this mp3 player, and one German Ebay seller was offering a 2 GB version, not shure it is real capacity or hacked.. Considering the Apple price from 89 Euro, for something that is 95% similar, I would say that the real rip-off is for sale in the Apple shop.

[nanocopyuser]

Sounds nice, but very pricey compared to other mp3/mp4's & copies.

I just got a Baby Nano and yes, it has a display :P And the price is almost half...and it works great..
http://www.uxcell.com/uxcell/retail/...n0wht1024mp001

Anyway, is it as small as a real shuffle? If they drop in price very much, cheaper than nano clones, I might get one :P

[Hotboxx]

In the review I forgot to mention the exact size. After taking measurements, it is 100% the same size as the real Apple Shuffle.

The price is compared to the FMP or Baby Nano from Uxcell very high. I also bougth a Baby Nano from Uxcell some time ago, and it was almost 50% cheaper than this Shuffle clone. But I guess the price will drop soon as the offer will get higher. Hopefully Uxcell will sell them soon for a good price.

[Hotboxx]

In the meanwhile I solved the problem that my Windows PC did not recognise the Shuffle player. I used the USB port on the backside of my PC, the ones direclty to the motherboard, and then the Shuffle player was recognised without any problem.

This afternoon I went to a local retail shop that sells real Apple Shuffles. I have compared them and there are more differences:

1) the real Shuffle has 2 control buttons, the first is the on/off button. The second one is the button to control the option normal play of Shuffle play. The Shuffle clone does not have this button, it allways plays shuffled.

2) On the real Apple Shuffle, the small spring that holds the clip is invisible. On the Shuffle Clone, it is possible to see about 1.5 mm from the spring end.

3) The on/off and shuffle/normal play buttons are made of aluminum on the real Apple Shuffle. On the cloen the (only one) button is made out of white plastic.

4) The position of the controls in the button control ring is on the clone like a mirror image from the original Apple

5) The clone costs 38 Euro, the Apple costs 89 Euro LOL

[clackers91]

sounds good, i myself hate anything by Apple and hate the shuffle's more.
looks like you got something that may be high quality. enjoy