clone wars: ipod nano knock-offs under $50 on [technabob]

clone wars: ipod nano knock-offs under $50

posted: October 7th, 2007 4 comments author: technabob

I’ll start out by saying this. Steve Jobs and company will no longer like you if you buy one of these. But for those of you who are too stingy to drop $149 to $199 on a real iPod Nano, here’s a cheap Chinese knock-off that’s a dead ringer for Apple’s chunky little 3rd-generation media player.

DigitalRise iPod Nano Clone

The DigitalRise Nano III even goes so far as to steal part of its name from Apple’s popular player. As you’d expect, the cloned Nanos can handle MPEG-4 video, MP3 and WMA audio file formats. They also throw in an FM tuner, digital voice recorder, and e-book reader capabilities.

Unlike the real deal, the DigitalRise players only offer 1GB of storage (vs. Apple’s 4 to 8 gigs), and a 1.8″ color screen instead of the 2″ screen on Apple’s players. While the colors aren’t exactly the same, the fakes do offer an “all-metal” case, doing their best to look like the authentic ones.

At this point, they’re available in lots of 10 or more for just $49.95 each. So if you and 9 of your cheap-ass friends are looking for some stocking stuffers for the upcoming holidays, you can grab a case of ‘em from ChinaGrabber.

4 comments comment

1. manchicken | October 8th, 2007 at 8:36 am

Sounds to me like this might be a better deal than the real thing. I wonder if you could put RockBox on one of these badboys.
2. Johnny | October 9th, 2007 at 7:51 am

yea, actually, it says the screen is 2.0″’s. I did see that it was 1.8″ a few days ago though …. also found a 4gb player for $68.99… def not a bad deal… A “rockbox” would be cool
http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=175
3. wil-k | February 9th, 2008 at 2:42 am

actually i live in shanghai, and i have one of these clones. here it says the clones only have 1gb,
actually mine has 8gb there are two different types of fakes: the bad fakes, and the good fakes.
The good fakes have 8 GB and cost ¥150 (15 pounds), but only support mp3 or WMA files. The bad fakes are the same prise but even though on it it says it has 8 GB it may only have 50MG and if your lucky it may have 1GB at the most.
However this fake can support nearly all the file tipes but may break v.v. easily i bought a bad fake once, it only had enough memory for 1 song and 1 music video and broke after 1 day!
The way you can decipher a good fake from a bad fake, is by looking on the bottom. If it has a plug in that looks like a real ipods plug in it is the good fake, wear as a bad fake has a different plug in and a different hold button that is the power switch. And don’t worry about the authorities, it is perfectly legal in china to make a copy of something without permission
4. its true | February 9th, 2008 at 2:44 am

what wil-k said is true i. found that as well