Geeks.com selling $70 iPod Touch knockoff
- March 12th, 2008
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I just received an e-mail from Geeks.com inviting me to “Touch the Future of Portable Entertainment” with this $70 device that looks an awful lot like my much more expensive iPod Touch, which I foolishly assumed was already the future of portable entertainment. So how does this thing stack up, spec-wise, to the iPod Touch?
For starters, you don’t have to worry about filling up an entire 8-, 16-, or 32-gigabyte drive. Nope, with this little guy you just have to fill up 2-gigabytes. Also, the 2.8-inch touchscreen falls a tad short of the iPod Touch’s 3.5-inch screen. You’ll also miss out on the Wi-Fi connectivity and the battery life tops out at a mere 6 hours for audio.
You will, however, get a 1.3-megapixel camera, voice recorder, and FM radio. There’s also a miniSD card slot to bump up the storage space and it handles MP3, WMA, WAV, AVI, and JPEG files as well. Plus, it’s dirt cheap!
2GB Portable USB 2.0 MP4/MP3/1.3MP Cam w/2.8″ TouchScreen [Geeks.com]
kevin (Who am I?)
3 months ago
I wonder why you would even feature this on CG (?) why give these copycat fools any attention?
Nate (Who am I?)
3 months ago
I ordered a similar player from a Chinese seller on eBay. Mine is 4GB, and I paid like 55 for it. The only reason I bought was to see just how cheesy these things are.
It’s a real piece. I loaded some tracks on it, but I’ve never actually used the player, because the touchscreen is so maddening to use.
The only use I see for these things would be to give as a gag gift.
bimplebean (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Note the button for “Tool.” When you press it, a message box appears saying “You bought one of these? What a tool!”
marinkitkat (Who am I?)
3 months ago
Has anyone SERIOUSLY tried one of these ‘clones’ instead of ‘knocking’ it? I came to this site for some real help and all there is is cynicism about the product. OR, is it that you just don’t know how to use it? Remember, there are people out there that don’t have a lot of money to spend and something like this is of high interest to them; they rely on people with experience to guide them on whether to take a chance or not. I haven’t learned one thing reading any of these charming reviews!
Doug Aamoth (Who am I?)
3 months ago
The above post contains product information. It is not a review.
The full review can be found here:
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/18/review-geekscom-2gb-mp4-player/
It got a 1 out of 10. Thank you for reading CrunchGear.