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Eurone MP899
By: Aalaap Ghag   |   Nov 17, 2006
  • 3
Cheap (on eBay)
Looks and feels like the Nano
Does everything
Doesn’t sound too bad for the price
Simple drag-and-drop USB interface.
Battery life is okay for the price
Bad UI
Bad quality screen
Bad earphone placement
Low battery life
2.5mm mini-jack earphones

This is a fake iPod Nano. There’s no use beating around the bush or trying to hide that fact. While the original iPod Nano goes for around Rs. 9,800 for the 2GB version, this fake Nano drops to as low as Rs. 1,600 for 1GB and Rs. 2,050 for the 2GB version. Is it worth the price? Or is it just crappy Chinese rubbish? Let’s take a look.

The unmistakably iPod Nano-like MP3 player has been sold in local markets and online by a variety of names, such as 'iPod-Style', 'Slim MP4 player', 'Apro' and the really cheeky 'Jano'. This 'Eurone' is a Mediatech-marketed model that costs a whole lot more—Rs. 6,500 is the MRP!

The original iPod plays music and lets you see photos. That’s it. But the fake Nano plays music (MP3, WMA, WAV), has an FM radio tuner, has a movie player (WMV, ASF, AMV), a picture viewer (JPEG), an e-book (TXT) reader, a voice/FM recorder, a phonebook application and also a few games. This is a bucket load of features and there’s probably nothing else you can think of adding to any portable media player. Just add a GSM phone, some WiFi or Bluetooth, an Office document viewer and it will be the only device you’ll ever need for anything.

The player is very, very close to the older iPod Nano in dimensions, just being a millimeter thicker. It has the glossy black front side and the shiny stainless steel rear side, although I’m not sure this is actually stainless steel. The fake Nano is as light, and has a more square screen that’s a longer in height, but a bit shorter in width.

The familiar wheel is also present on this fake Nano, but it doesn’t really work like the touch-sensitive iPod wheel, of course. It’s a basic five-way wheel that clicks, but doesn’t scroll. The 'Menu' text is replaced by 'M', the Play/Pause button is moved to the center and the lower key becomes the volume button. The volume button just activates the volume setting, and you need to use the Back/Next buttons to adjust the volume, so this is a two-step procedure that I don’t quite like. The hold button on the top of the Nano is the on/off switch in the fake Nano.


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bought one for £25 biggest mistake of my life got told it was 8gb but only 2gb cheaply made you joypad broke with in 3 day what a load of rubbish
dan @ Apr 20, 2007
i have one i dont find it too bad aside from being mislead about a hacked chip supposed to be 8gb but turned out to be 2gb apart from that i feel i had good value for money £24 including delivery
Rhys @ Apr 04, 2007
i own one and it works just fine for the price i paid (26 dollars with shipping). the headset sucks though
todd @ Jan 22, 2007
This product can serve only as a good alternative to pendrive, but dont think it's worth spending on it purely for video or audio quality...
Rahul Sharma,Delhi @ Dec 06, 2006
All things economically priced (cheap to some) are not bad.Appears to be agood buy.
rajeev,jhansi @ Nov 30, 2006
Seems to be a good product when you compare the price for which it comes.
Himanshu,Bangalore @ Nov 20, 2006
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