f-Pod Nano (China's Fake iPod Nano)

I always wanted an iPod Nano. 4Gb of music space, super thin and lightweight. Power packed with a colour LCD for games, picture viewing and whole lots of fun. But at the price of RM 1k... It is not really kinda affordable.

Picture : Real iPod Nano from Apple

Well, anyway. My basic needs were just an MP3 player that is able to hold at least a few hours of music, looks cool and lightweight... and... CHEAP ! (I don't print money in China you know... )

Then, My dream came true.

Here is the look and feel of the Fake ipod nano. Looks the same, have the same metal back. The real iPod have a chrome back, this one is just a stainless steel. It is packed with 512MB. (White one is 256MB)

And the front panel, instead of Shiny black. The china one is matt-black. I think it looked cool in matt colour as it does not have finger print marks all over it. The earphone looks exactly like the real one from Apple too.

This is what you get when you buy the f-pod. The mp3 player, ear phones, Charger-USB, USB cable, Manual and CD with softwares.

Let's check out the functions. This is the menu. Don't expect it to look the same as Apple's menu. It has it's own menu and it is quite user friendly actually. I am a bit disappointed with the speed of the response. But it is kinda ok.

For music, it can play mp3, wma and a few other major audio. Sound quality is good and with one look, you can see the song that is playing, the EQ mode you are in battery status. Quite good. And the one I like most is the Reply function. You can choose A-B, which lets you select within a song, to mark a point the reply would start and stop. (Anywhere in the song, chorus, 2nd verse... anywhere you like).. And you can set how many times you want it to repeat too.. I'm Lovin It !!!

Next... This f-pod can play MP4 too ! It comes with a software for you to convert Almost ANYTHING to the AMV format to be uploaded to this f-pod. You can select parts of movies from VCD/DVD. Your favorite mp4 or wmv movies to be uploaded.

It is also packed with a Photo viewer. Letting you view pictures on the go. Just drop in your favorite pictures, and you can show off to your friends anytime, anywhere.

E-Book !!! I have just loaded my TXT version of Harry Potter 6 into this f-pod and I can read them anytime I want. But what is stupid is, you can launch E-book WHILE listening to mp3. Only 1 at the time. No multi tasking.

Last but not least. GAMES... You can play tetris on this little thing. It is kinda entertaining.. But then again.. No multitasking... :(

Other than all these features, there are the setting mode which allows you to choose from over 8 languages, LCD brightness, auto lights off time, auto off time and all that...

A good buy? For RMB 320. I would say YES !!!