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Subject: manufacturers and distributors of Apple iPods or clones or knockoffs
Category: Computers
Asked by: gadgetgirl-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 03 Jul 2005 23:30 PDT
Expires: 05 Jul 2005 19:57 PDT
Question ID: 539733
I want to know the names addresses, telelphone numbers, emails and
other contact info for manufacturers, distributors of Apple ipod
clones and knockoffs.  They must be reliable, not scammer/spammers.
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Subject: Re: manufacturers and distributors of Apple iPods or clones or knockoffs
From: moblord-ga on 05 Jul 2005 15:42 PDT
 
IPod authorized distributors: http://www.apple.com/buy/locator/
But there are thousands of sources for Ipods.

I don't think there is a definitive answer to your question. I don't
think it's as easy as a list. But I can provide you with some of the
more obvious. Some that Apple thought were more obvious, too.

One that comes to mind first is Luxpro with their I-Pockets and
SuperTangents that seem to be a direct ripoff of Ipod/Ipod shuffle.
Also, not shown on their site, they have an Ipod direct lookalike that
they showed at Computex trade show.
http://ipodlounge.com/index.php/news/comments/the-ipod-clone-wars-mini-shuffle-knock-offs-at-computex/
http://www2.luxpro.com.tw/e_570d.htm

Name: LUXPRO CORPORATION 
Address: 3F , NO.39, Alley 20, Lane 407, Sec. 2, Tiding Blvd. , 
Neihu District, Taipei 114, Taiwan . 
Tel: +886-2-2659-6868 
Fax: +886-2-2659-3939 
Incorporated in: December 2002 
Ppresident: Mr. Fu-Jim Wu 
Employees: 300 ? Factory workers: 250 ? 
Major products: Consumer-oriented electronic products 
Web Site: http://www.luxpro.com.tw 
E-mail: service@luxpro.com.tw 

Another big one that comes up is the Aldi-Pod manufactured by Medion.
The German budget grocery chain Aldi Nord (http://www.aldi-essen.de/)
sold an iPod clone at 199 Euros.
http://www.aldi.nl/OFFER_NL/OFFER_07/OFF01.HTM
Model number: MD95200

USA contact info: 
Website: http://www.medionusa.com/
Corporate Office
1001 Bayhill Dr Suite 155 
San Bruno, CA 94066

German contact info:
http://www.medion.de/
MEDION Consumer Electronics Hotline 
(Haushaltsgeräte, Telekommunikation, Audio, TV, Video) 
Telefon: 0180 / 5 633 633 (0,12 EUR /Min.) 
Telefax: 0180 / 5 665 566 
Montag ? Freitag 
von 07:00 Uhr ? 23:00 Uhr 
Samstag, Sonntag und an Feiertagen 
von 10:00 Uhr ? 18:00 Uhr

Another IPod-ripoff type would be the "DIGIarmor PMC-S20". Everything
you'll find on it is in Chinese.
http://digi.it.sohu.com/20050422/n240018541.shtml
Contact:
     Shenzhen Office:16A/A,Guoqi Building,Shangbu
     South Road,Shenzhen,China
     TEL:(0086)755-61355382 61355383
     FAX:(0086)755-61355384
     Post Code:518031
      Website: www.dms.cn
     Service: service@dms.cn
     OEM Service: 809@dms.cn



Now, there is a lot of "grey area" on this question. You could say
that the: Dell DJ, the Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen, the HP
funny-looking IPods, the upcoming Sony players, hundreds of
foreign-made MP3 players.... You could call (and some do) ANY of them
"Ipod Clones". You see, since IPod has the highest spot in the market
and is the most visible, then no matter what is released, it is
compared to the IPod. You hear every day about IPod-killers/clones. If
it has a slightly boxy front with a navigation system under a screen,
people yell about it being an Ipod. It's gotten to the point where
they'll make the player round just to avoid the hassle. So it really
is a matter of hot debate and whether or not something is an actual
"clone" or "ripoff", is something not easily determined by me, by you,
by Apple, or the copyright office. So keep that in mind. Maybe an
official researcher can give a better answer.

Links to other ripoffs:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000433021615
http://www.godot.com.tw/products/jukebox/m8470-all.htm
http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2002/yeppyp900.html
http://yich.en.alibaba.com/product/0/50330771/Ipod_MP4_Player.html
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG%3A2005-26%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=apple+sue+ipod+knockoff
http://www.nextway.co.kr/products/new_150d.asp#22

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