Ipod Nano Clones, Copies, Knockoffs and Fakes

Prepare to be amazed at teh number of companies in Shenshen, Guangdong province in China, who are making a living out of faking the ipod nanos. Forty? Fifty? Who knows, they grow every day, adn fear of Apple is a mere nuisance for most of them, although soem are running scared. I have been investigating thsi industry and writtne an article abou ***, with lots o fpics and links fro the curious. Check out my blog at

http://aussie149.wordpress.com/

Just today, one of the companies involved has launched onto ebay with theri model(s).Same company, Maxspeed, is now online with a product which is pictured in one place as a nano, in another as the “nano two” model [see below]

Maxspeed nano on eBay

Maxspeed ebay

..it even has an “Apple” number MA099LL/A etc, has 1, 1.5 and 2GB and takes expansion cards.
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You spell like that, but wrote an article?

Hint: Ctrl-click in a text-field in Safari and select 'Check spelling as you type'

I read the article though, very interesting!
Never thought there were THAT many knockoffs.

Proofread your posts before you submit. Please and thanks.

Oh, dear, my slip is showing..

As a former English teacher, I am mortified whenever my poor typing skills let me down. I shouldn’t send messages very late at night ;-(. So, for aptmunich, djlee12 and myself, here is what I meant to say:

Prepare to be amazed at the number of companies in Shenzhen, Guangdong province in China, who are making a living out of faking the iPod nanos. Forty? Fifty? Who knows? They grow every day, and fear of Apple is a mere nuisance for most of them, although some are running scared. I have been investigating this industry and written an article about the nano clones/copies/fakes, with lots of pics and links for the curious. Check out my blog at

Blog: On Macs and Other things

Just today, one of the companies involved has launched onto eBay with their model(s). The company, Maxspeed, is now online with a product which is pictured in one place as a nano, in another as the “nano two” model [a quite pretty model which is derived from, rather than a straight copy of, the nano]

eBay Nano fake


..it even has an “Apple” machine number MA099LL/A* etc, has 1, 1.5 and 2GB and takes expansion cards.

* I believe this is the number of the nano 2GB model

Yay! Well done Aussie149!
Nice article - why not try submitting it to iLounge.com?
They sometimes post iPod reports from other countries...

Genuine!

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Must be genuine AppLe!