Ehh... sorry for that. Heh, turns out some random company just decided to wake up Apple's disgruntled lawsuits again. Shenzhen Orderly Science & Technology has announced something called "Ipod MP4 player". Uhm. what were you thinking, guys? "Oh we can easily get away with this type of name" or what?

Apart from this device having a wheel on the front, some shades of white being present and it housing a 1.8'' 20GB hard drive... this unit will probably turn out to be nothing like the upcoming iPod v5.

Well, apart from video support through its color screen, that is. C|Net speculates the new iPods will offer video support, so there you go. To help the super-optimists among you snap out of this "Ipod MP4 player" thing being anything other than some Vosonic player rebrand, we'll sum up some specifications.

Built-in storage: 1.8'' 20GB hard disk, up to 4 primary partitions Memory card: 3 slots, 7 card types: CF/MicroDrive, SD/MMC/MS, SM/XD File management: Full Card Backup / Photo Backup to HDD, Copy Speed Select, Single File / Folder Copy & Paste between any Storage Media. File Deletion, Hard Disk Format Battery: rechargeable, user-replaceable Li-Ion 3.7V/1800mAh Maximum playback time: Video: 3.5 hours, Audio: 7.5 hours Display: 2.0'' LTPS TFT LCD, 558 x 234 Pixels (huh?), backlight adjustable TV-Out (ah, ok) NTSC/PAL Line out: 2 audio jacks: dual earphone support Remote control: infrared PC connection: USB 2.0, Maximum 480Mbps Dimensions: 128 x 69 x 24mm Weight: 245g (including HDD and battery) Supports JPEG, TIFF, BMP, RAW (*.NEF, *.ORF, *.CRW,*.RAF, *.OCR) Supports Motion JPEG (*.AVI, *.MOV): 320x240 at 30 fps Supports MPEG-1 (*.MPG, *.DAT): 352x240 at 30 fps Supports ISO MPEG-4 (*.MP4) 720x480 at 25 fps / 640x480 at 30 fps Supports DivX 5.x (*.AVI): 720x480 at 25 fps / 640x480 at 30 fps Supports MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV It's too big, too heavy, looks too weird, all those card slots - yeah right. At least this "Ipod MP4 player" supports AAC, like the *real* iPods do. Would almost make us wonder if... nah! LINK