Luxpro Super Shuffle--a lawsuit waiting to happen

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Luxpro Changes Super Shuffle Name

Luxpro Changes Super Shuffle Name 03/30/2005 02:03 PM

We reported on Luxpro's "Super Shuffle" around CeBIT, and it's pretty obvious why Apple is spittin' mad. It has more functionality than the iPod shuffle, yet looks exactly the same.

Apple has managed to get through to Luxpro, because Luxpro today announced the product's name has changed to the "Super Tangent." The same iPod shuffle-like frame exists, though the design of some buttons has changed. And it's available in black and red, unlike the Shuffle's "white only."

"That iPod shuffle" name changed to "Super Tangent" [ITmedia]

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Update: Luxpro Super Shuffle Pics, Apple Responds

Update: Luxpro Super Shuffle Pics, Apple
Responds

Update: Luxpro Super Shuffle Pics, Apple
Responds 03/14/2005 06:03 PM

DAPreview.com has some actual photos of the Luxpro shuffle we mentioned the other day. Now, we know many of you are out there thinking, "That looks exactly like an iPod shuffle!" You're not the only one. However, one of the Luxpro reps at CeBIT set a reporter straight saying, "It is not identical to iPod shuffle, it is better." So that settles that. After being asked by Apple's blog-eating laywers to remove the display unit on Friday, Luxpro complied. Crafty logicsmiths that they are, however, Luxpro returned the unit to their booth the very next day, noting proudly that Apple's crack team hadn't asked them to remove the item from display indefinitely. We love crazy loopholes. Further legal action is sure to come from Apple and it doesn't seem likely you'll ever be able to get your hands on one. If anything, the utter tenacity of Luxpro is to be admired; we'll give them that.

Luxpro's Super Shuffle [DAPreview.com]
Appl e Wants CeBIT Presentation of Super Shuffle Nixed [Heise Online (translated) via I4U]

Luxpro Corp. rips off iPod shuffle

Luxpro Corp. rips off iPod shuffle 03/14/2005 04:36 PM
Taiwanese company Luxpro Corp. is showing off an iPod shuffle clone called Super shuffle at this week's CeBit trade show in Hannover, Germany. From the front, the device is physically identical to Apple's iPod shuffle, straight down to the control pad and white earbuds. It touts features the iPod shuffle lacks, however, including an FM tuner and a voice recorder.

Apple Confronts LuxPro Over iPod shuffle
Imitator

Apple Confronts LuxPro Over iPod shuffle
Imitator 03/14/2005 05:50 PM

"Our lawyers are in the process of weighing legal options." By Larry Angell, iPodlounge

Luxpro strikes again... behold the Super
Shiner

Luxpro strikes again... behold the Super
Shiner 03/30/2005 04:28 AM
Earlier this month, Taiwanese company, Luxpro introduced the Super Shuffle... an iPod Shuffle rip-off with claims of having a built-in FM transmitter, a voice recorder as well as the iPod shuffle's own features and capabilities. Well, that product was quick shot down. Now, Luxpro (obviously hungry for more legal action), has announced the Super Shiner...


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The Super Shiner is basically the same product Apple had removed from displays at CeBIT with only a few cosmetic differences and a new name. Any bets on how long until this one feels the sting of Apple's lawyers?

Accident waiting to happen.

Accident waiting to happen. 12/26/2003 12:36 PM
Laptop Steering Wheel Mount - Mount your laptop on your car's steering wheel? - Accident waiting to happen... Sure you are supposed to use it while parked but we all see idiots in traffic doing everything from applying make-up to reading the newspaper. Doesn't anybody just drive their car anymore?

The return of the Super Shuffle... the
Super Shiner [Flickr]

The return of the Super Shuffle... the
Super Shiner [Flickr] 03/30/2005 04:28 AM

MacMerc.com posted a photo:

Is Dirty Data From Registrations An
Advertising Scandal Waiting To Happen?

Is Dirty Data From Registrations An
Advertising Scandal Waiting To Happen? 08/11/2004 06:13 AM
Adam Penenberg is on a roll. After pointing out that the NY Times is missi ng out on the internet due to its registration system, and then admitti ng to contributing to the dirty data in most registration databases, he's now suggesting this may be an even bigger scandal waiting to happen. There have been a bunch of stories over the past few weeks concerning newspapers admitting to over-stating their circulation numbers. The problem with this, of course, is that advertisers buy print ads based, in part, on circulation and demographics. If the circulation is wrong, they've been sold something under false terms. On the web, it's that demographics part that's the problem. With all that dirty data, will sites need to admit to advertisers that the demographic info they're selling is contaminated? While many sites insist that there isn't that much dirty data, it's increasingly looking like they're trying to play down a serious problem. Just as advertisers are asking for refunds for bogus circulation data for print newspapers, how long will it be until online advertisers ask for refunds on bogus web demographic information?

Super Shuffle

Super Shuffle 07/14/2004 06:35 PM

Interesting idea from Manuel Amador over on OSNews as to how music players could better decide the next song to play:

You see, Shuffle is very good at helping you find previously unheard songs, but it's rather bad at selecting the most appropriate song for your current mood. Shuffle can do wonders with a small list of songs, but small lists of songs means you do not get to experience songs which aren't on the playlist. This means you have to either create lists (strategy 1, anyone?), or to interrupt your business every two or three minutes, maybe seven out of ten times.

I bet you have noticed this as well. Lots of music gives you wide variety, but does not guarantee enjoyment.

The basic idea is that music players could learn that song A sounds good after song B based on whether or not you 'Next Track'ed it before it played for very long. That's something I always thought would be a great feature, but Manuel has thought it out right down to the pseudocode.

It's interesting how sometimes the design of the smallest feature of an app can make the difference between 'fantastic app' and 'ho-hum'.

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News: iPod shuffle clone returns as
Super Tangent

News: iPod shuffle clone returns as
Super Tangent 03/31/2005 05:57 PM
Taiwanese MP3 maker Luxpro made headlines at the CeBit trade show in Germany earlier this month when they showed off an MP3 player called the Super Shuffle that was, unmistakably, a clone of Apple's iPod shuffle. The product briefly disappeared but it's back now, as the Super Tangent. Luxpro appears to have made some changes to the Super Tangent since it was shown at CeBit as the Super Shuffle, but it's still unmistakably an iPod shuffle clone.

Super Shuffle CeBIT show stealer
‘a stunt’

Super Shuffle CeBIT show stealer
‘a stunt’ 03/22/2005 10:04 PM
Macworld UK Mar 23 2005 12:26AM GMT

Knock, knock. Who's there? Super shuffle

Knock, knock. Who's there? Super shuffle 03/22/2005 03:32 PM
Through the years, Apple has had to deal with its share of copycats. With innovation, there's a price to be paid, and inevitably, other manufacturers are going to want a piece of the action, forcing the bar and the stakes higher as each adds a bit to the original idea. After all, patents can only go so far, and lawyers can only do so much. But the Super shuffle clearly takes the cake. I mean, the company even borrowed the haphazard placement of Apple’s earbuds on their homepage. But let's assume for a moment that the Super shuffle is, indeed, a real product in development, and it gets past Apple's legal hurdles and somehow hits the shelves in a conspicuously iPod shuffle-looked blister case. I'm willing to be they wouldn’t sell more than a few hundred units. The Super shuffle is hardly super, adding a voice recorder and an FM tuner to the existing model. There's still no screen, which makes a radio mostly useless, and it’s hard to visualize just how recordings would be started, stopped, played or saved. And I think that's probably the point of this whole silly venture. If anyone has ever heard of a company named LuxPro before this silly imitation, raise your hand. Anyone? Anyone? Much like Golden Palace casino buying a $30,000 grilled cheese or U2 filming an gratis iPod commercial, exposure is worth its weight in gold. And publicity — even negative — is equally valuable. At CeBIT, when the Super shuffle was publicly unveiled, I’m sure the LuxPro booth was mobbed with visitors just waiting to get a glimpse of the device. After all, the company's other offerings aren't knock-offs and, based on the field of digital music players that aren't the iPod, they stacks up fairly well. But with Dell, Napster, Rio and all the others, it's still difficult for a unknown company to compete in such a crowded field. But by taking on Apple in such a blatant way, they may just be on to something. But you might want to stay away from any Super shuffles auctions on eBay.

News: ezLink Shuffle extends iPod
shuffle reach

News: ezLink Shuffle extends iPod
shuffle reach 04/12/2005 07:54 AM
AudioOutfitters LLC's ezGear is now offering the ezLink Shuffle, a USB 2.0 extension cord for Apple's iPod shuffle. The cord lets iPod shuffle users connect to an available USB 2.0 port on their computer without having to reach around or otherwise contort themselves. It's molded in iPod white and measures four feet long. The ezLink Shuffle costs US$14.

ezCharge Shuffle juices iPod shuffle on
the road

ezCharge Shuffle juices iPod shuffle on
the road 03/17/2005 04:02 AM
Audio Outfitters LLC on Wednesday announced the US$24.98 ezGear ezCharge Shuffle, an auto charger for Apple's iPod shuffle. The device plugs into the cigarette lighter or accessory jack in your vehicle and helps to keep the iPod shuffle charged when you're on the road. It includes a coiled cable and a replaceable fuse, and has been molded in "iPod white." It will be available in late March.

Techweb > News > It Had To Happen: The
Disposable Computer > It Had To Happen:
The Disposable Computer > March 4, 2004

Techweb > News > It Had To Happen: The
Disposable Computer > It Had To Happen:
The Disposable Computer > March 4, 2004 03/06/2004 01:53 AM
It Had To Happen: The Disposable Computer .. Disposable Computer Offers High Security .. Dispose of this

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Waiting, Waiting and Waiting for IPv6

Waiting, Waiting and Waiting for IPv6 07/08/2002 10:43 AM
FEATURE: The Internet's newest IP addressing scheme is ready for prime time, but the U.S. and the IETF are willing to hold off on widespread adoption of the revised naming system just a little bit longer.

Super Bowl advertisers' Web sites get
super boost

Super Bowl advertisers' Web sites get
super boost 02/11/2004 02:43 AM
USA Today Feb 11 2004 7:11AM GMT

"this might happen to it"

"this might happen to it" 05/16/2004 09:15 AM

ENT is starting to happen!

ENT is starting to happen! 05/11/2004 01:43 PM
(ENT2.0 mod RSS1.0) = 0.

Time for ENT 2.0?. It's very interesting to read Danny's toughts about ENT and RSS 1.0. Maybe it's time for a new release of the ENT specs, RSS 1.0 compatible. Oh... and what about Atom?
[Paolo Valdemarin: Paolo's Weblog]

I've certainly thought about things which, with the benefit of hindsight, I would have done differently.  I was never comfortable with having the topic name as the text content of the <topic> element and I've no idea why I did it, there are other bugbears in there too.

I'd also like to give more thought as to how ENT feeds can be supported by topic map resources in real applications.  At the moment we don't publish XTM or XFML maps out of K-Collector but we could (I used to publish XFML from liveTopics but those files got big!)

Lastly I would really like to make a push for ENT support in other applications.  It seems a shame to me that, more than a year on, no other applications seem to have picked up on the benefits topic based aggregation offer to users.
[Curiouser and curiouser!]

Right on to Paolo and Matt!

Here we go!

I highly endorse using ENT as a way of us all standardizing on attaching keywords to RSS feeds.  On both sides.

It was bound to happen...

It was bound to happen... 05/24/2004 05:24 PM
Spammers have managed to pollute my bayesian filters. Dammit. And not in a safe way. Just because, I decided to take a look at my spam folder. Normally I don't, I just unconditionally delete the damn thing. Today... well, I figured I'd look. Couldn't hurt, right? Only 10K messages, about 91M of crud, and it's not like there are words I've never seen in it. Unfortunately stuff in there did upset me. Not because it was foul, obscene, tasteless, or lacking in any sort of aesthetic. Nope, it's because there was mail I recognized. For some reason the autolearning that...

Eventually, it had to happen

Eventually, it had to happen 05/28/2004 12:47 PM

An offshoot photoblog, just about flowers.

Accidents Happen

Accidents Happen 05/12/2004 09:43 AM
Two clicks from iTunes' built-in help fixed the problem in no time flat, along as a well-deserved boost of self-confidence that's she's in control of the computer, not the other way around. By Peter Cohen, Macworld (via MyAppleMenu)

Think vulnerabilities only happen in IE?
Think again

Think vulnerabilities only happen in IE?
Think again 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
ZDNet Apr 13 2005 5:36AM GMT

Here's Something That Doesn't Happen
Every Day... (Reuters)

Here's Something That Doesn't Happen
Every Day... (Reuters) 06/25/2004 06:56 AM
Reuters - An exploding vending machine turned the coolant freon into phosgene, a poisonous gas used as a chemical weapon in World War One, and forced the evacuation of 10 people from a Texas hospital, officials said on Thursday.

Something You Really Don't Want to
Happen... (Reuters)

Something You Really Don't Want to
Happen... (Reuters) 09/08/2004 07:17 AM
Reuters - A Dutch driver was covered in hundreds of liters of manure when a tank burst on a lorry carrying fertilizer, police said on Tuesday.

Why Cloning Didn't Happen in U.S.

Why Cloning Didn't Happen in U.S. 02/13/2004 05:53 AM
Korean researchers leapfrogged American scientists Thursday when they announced they had derived the first embryonic stem cells from a human clone. So why wasn't the U.S. first? Kristen Philipkoski reports from Seattle.

Ask Jeeves: How Did That Happen?

Ask Jeeves: How Did That Happen? 06/01/2004 05:21 PM
Source: Traffick - Jeeves' market strength has been sustained enough to suggest that where there's smoke, there must be fire. Investors are accumulating the stock, possibly because someone else might be interested in acquiring Ask Jeeves. But why? Here are...

How the Semantic Web Will Really Happen

How the Semantic Web Will Really Happen 10/28/2003 11:08 PM
Kendall Grant Clark: A Web of Rules "if the Semantic Web is to happen, it will be because of a...

Mashup: M.I.A. v. Super Mario Bros. =
Super Galang Galang

Mashup: M.I.A. v. Super Mario Bros. =
Super Galang Galang 03/22/2005 04:59 PM
Xeni Jardin: M.I.A. and S.M.B. combine to form Super Galang Galang. The mixmaster is Josh "cry.on.my.console" Last.Name.Omitted (who will be playing with M.I.A. in Manchester UK next month: Link). Also check out the Britney-vs.-M.I.A. track. Link (Thanks, Justin, and whoever corrected me on the credit issue, I accidentally deleted your identity.)

Previously: MIA for intergalactic overlord, MIA is, well, MIA due to visa troubles while entering US

IDC: Consolidation to Windows won't
happen

IDC: Consolidation to Windows won't
happen 04/23/2004 09:20 AM
SINGAPORE - Microsoft Corp.'s domination of the client operating systems market will fade over the next few years, according to Avneesh Saxena, vice-president for Asia-Pacific computing systems research at IDC.

The Difference Between What You Want To
Happen And What's Happening

The Difference Between What You Want To
Happen And What's Happening 12/29/2003 01:44 PM
We've writt en about Magnatunes and the Creative Commons a few times before, so yet another article on Magnatunes and the Creative Commons isn't all that interesting. However, this one makes a very good point which is worth repeating. The article asks, if people can get their music for free, why would they bother paying for CDs. The response, which Magnatunes founder basically tells them, is that they're asking the wrong question. People are already downloading music for free, and thus, the recording industry needs to figure out a way to adjust to that reality. The original question (what happens if people can get their music for free?) is like asking "but, what happens to buggy makers when automobiles are around?" The answer seems obvious to everyone, except those involved in the recording industry: they adapt or die. The recording industry is so focused on what they want to happen, that they've missed what's actually happening. The article also suggests that, so far, Magnatunes is doing quite well, and has the potential to be a viable longterm business - based on the idea of giving away music as a promotional good.

Google IPO to happen this month?

Google IPO to happen this month? 07/12/2004 10:36 PM
Google's heavily-hyped IPO may happen this month. The offering, expected to raise up to US$2.7 billion, will be conducted as a Dutch auction.

Innovation doesn't just happen in
headlines

Innovation doesn't just happen in
headlines 04/19/2005 11:32 AM
Boy, did MySQL's David Axmark just put his finger on why the general press doesn't often grasp what's going on with open source. Speaking at this morning's opening keynote at the MySQL conference, Axmark said: "Open source has always been...

Straw: EU poll may not happen

Straw: EU poll may not happen 04/22/2004 05:16 AM
Jack Straw says a deal on an EU constitution is not certain, as the Daily Express switches support to the Tories.

Yo Apple, make this happen

Yo Apple, make this happen 12/24/2004 01:01 PM

Now that I have a phone that takes some impressive photos (This shot is probably the best example I've seen for color, depth, and light that the little cam can capture), I really wish iPhoto could manage my images instead of my preview-free bluetooth file browser.

I bet it'd be trivial for Apple to enable connections via Bluetooth (to your paired devices) to import photos.

What would happen if Microsoft bought
AMD?

What would happen if Microsoft bought
AMD? 12/08/2003 08:04 AM

Opinion: Don’t let this happen to
you

Opinion: Don’t let this happen to
you 03/30/2005 05:42 PM
Conventional wisdom says you just don’t put images of smoking, battered Macs on the cover of a Mac magazine. To which we say phooey.

What Would Happen If Steve Jobs Died?

What Would Happen If Steve Jobs Died? 08/02/2004 10:32 AM
By Apple-X.net (via MyAppleMenu)

Sun: open-source Java "will happen"

Sun: open-source Java "will happen" 06/04/2004 10:37 AM
Sun has pulled another rabbit out of its hat this week, as they have apparently decided to open source Java. Who will it benefit aside from IBM?
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