iPod Shuffle Lookalike Hits CeBIT

An anonymous reader writes "It shouldn't be long before Apple's legal team goes after this one. LuxPro out of Taiwan introduced the Super Shuffle at CeBit, a look-a-like portable that is identical to the iPod Shuffle right down to the sihouette ads, but with the addition of an FM tuner and voice recording."

Comments

Trade secrets

[LiquidCoooled]

If we discuss Luxpro's trade secrets, will they sue us just like Apple does?

Fun stuff

[mr_Spook]

Why I can already hear Jobs smashing extra Newtons already,..

Apple's in trouble...

[zegebbers]

their's isn't super! :(

Re:Apple's in trouble...

[Fred_A]

What's more you can eat this one !

At least I can't see any mention anywhere on the page that you can't.

Way to go LuxPro !

Holy Knockoff Batman

[yardbird]

Looks like LuxPro is about to discover the iSue.

Re:good stuff gets copied.

[Everleet]

Only good products get copied over and over.

Yeah...that and bad products.

But their's is Super

[ellem]

They are totally different.

Apple's is a Shuffle, or iShuffle, or iPodensmallened, or something.

Lux Pro's is Super. I mean by adding the word Super it is clear that they are disrespectful to dirt. Can you not see they are serious? Get out of their way, all of you! This is no place for loafers. Join them or die. Can you do any less? For lucky best mp3, use Super Shuffle.

Re:But their's is Super

[fLameDogg]

Oh my GOD!!! There's a message in my Alpha-bits. It says "OOOO."

Er, those are Cheerios.

(I'm sure no one's ever mentioned that before.)

Re:good stuff gets copied.

[back_pages]

Only good products get copied over and over.

Which is why there are no pirated copies of Microsoft Windows. Oh wait..

mmmm. iPod souffle .....

[AtariAmarok]

"The iPod Suffle is certainly a trademark"

Is it any tastier than iPod Quiche? Will it collapse if you slam your Powerbook closed?

Hey...

[AliasMoze]

You can't, like, trademark a product's look, feel, and functionality, man.

What? You can? Oh. Yeah, those guys are screwed.

How about it?

[AtariAmarok]

How about a new name for this, Lux? "EyePawed: Shah-phel"

Re:What law has been violated?

[Randy Wang]

And changing it to "Muffle" would not satisfy the requirements of trade dress laws.


It'd certainly make you want to buy it, though:

"Hot damn, a SuperMuffle!"

Kids nowadays!

[exp(pi*sqrt(163))]

1. Get iPod out of sleeve.
...
9. Goto 3.

When I was a lad, we used to dream of a day when we could get stoned and not have to

• get up
• lift the needle from the turntable
• lift the record
• put it in the inner sleeve
• put the inner sleeve in the outer sleeve
• put the album back in the collection
• choose another album (fuck! You don't even have to choose nowadays, it just shuffles for you, good thing because if you're that stoned everything is good),
• pull it out of the collection,
• take out the inner sleeve,
• take out the record,
• place it on the turntable,
• start the turntable,
• put the needle on it (motor control!)...
• ...and finally get back to the...shit...they've already finished the spliff you just rolled.

The iPod is the second greatest thing for potheads across the universe and yet you're still complaining about it! (The greatest thing was of course the Lego Mindstroms controlled rolling machine.)