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Luxpro Shows Off iPod Shuffle Clone

June 2nd, 2005

Luxpro has already fallen foul of Apple once this year when it exhibited its ‘Super Shuffle’ mp3 player at CeBit. With a good kicking from Apple’s lawyers no doubt still ringing in its ears, Luxpro has come back with the MX-585D. The name may be different, but it still bears more than a passing resemblance to the iPod Shuffle.

In fact, it ‘improves’ on the Shuffle as it has a 64×48 OLED display. Supported file formats are MP3, WMA and WAV and it has support for DRM as well. According to Luxpro, the MX-585D offers 10 hours of play on a full charge.

However, to confuse matters, Luxpro also seems to be selling what it calls the ‘Super Tangent’. Whether this is the MX-585D or a renamed Super Shuffle, we can’t tell. Whatever the answer, the write-ups aren’t good with one disgruntled buyer telling iPodlounge that the buttons do not work well, battery life is terrible, and the recorder simply did not record.

For a photo of the Shuffle…sorry the Tangent…sorry the MX-585D, see Digitimes.

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