All right, we’ve been covering Chinese cloners for months and we are well aware of their fondness in copying popular hardware designs from around the world, with a special emphasis on Apple products. We’re very impressed both by the accuracy of the knockoffs and the quickness by which Chinese manufacturers can make them available. Heck, it took them less than three weeks to drop a Nano imitation on the unsuspecting public and just a little over a month to put a camera on it, which to me is pretty fast. They copy Nokia, LG, Sony Ericsson and just about every popular gadget manufacturer except Microsoft, which they have been slow to copy and copy in a most un-China manner.
Thus my frustration that I’d like to share with everybody. The new Zune line, I think, is the bet hardware design Microsoft has ever done and though Vee, Lauren and I have been keeping an eye for a Chinese Zune 2 clone, the best we have found so far is that shameless plastic brick above that Comwin is trying to pass for a Zune 80 lookalike. So, to Chinese manufacturers in China I say this: Please, please, please copy Microsoft’s Zune 2. It’ll be fabulous you’ll see.
Specs after the break.
MP4 player: CWMP4-962FR
With USB 2.0
Battery type: Lithium battery
TFT display: 2.4″TFT, touch screen,262K color LCD
With FM radio
Can be with multi-language
With instruction manual &warranty &USB cable& earphone &battery &CD& line-in cable
Packing: 1pcs/gift box, 50pcs/ctn
November 27th, 2007 at 11:26 am
Chinagrabber had a “zoon” and a zune cam but never picked up traction… here are the links: http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1255
PMPtoday has featured this one b4: http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1267
I think the zoon cam is superior - has removeable cam and battery… the zoon has a hot design… i think resellers are quick to go for the *pod clones because they know for SURE than can flip them for a profit… the other pmp’s are iffy…
TL
November 27th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
I Want China to Copy Microsoft Zune 2…
Interesting point at http://www.pmptoday.com...
November 27th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
WiFi, WiMax, AM, Internet Radio Flash Player, sdhc slot, user removable battery from a cellular phone, html browser for weather data and a sdk would be nice too.
I still can’t get some of these flash players to work on my mobile devices come to think of it could it function as a battery charger for my phone.
These chinese are doing some pretty good work.
May 1st, 2008 at 8:15 am
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