Warning! It's Raining with EGGs-MP3 Players!!!

Now, is it just me, or this is another idiotic cloning act in the audio electronic industry? I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this. And still, I am confused.

The fellows from Engadget give us the Sofmap's digital olive DAP, which looks like an X2gen X-Egg Mp3 player I run into a couple of weeks ago. But the thing is Softmap company apparently won a "reddot" design prize this year.

What? Holy Gadget! There is another one that looks exactly the same. The Axxen i-Egg DAP sports the same "futuristic oval enclosure". The digital Sofmap olive measures 0. 31 inches around the waist and 5.5 inches long, as well as the "innovative-not" 3 speakers system.

They are all capable of playing MP3 and WMA file formats from the SD/MMC or devices slug of them USB host port. Unfortunately, the player doesn't pack a headphone jack so you're kind of stuck with listening to those miniature speakers. What do you mean: "What player?" All of these. These things are like all the same brainless kitsch olive. What's with this trend of making "ovule-like" mp3 players?

So, I can't figure what was that prize for, as all of them claim to sport a modern and "unique technology". As wacky it may sound, there could be a reasonable explanation for this. It's called OEM, or else, "original equipment manufacturer", a term that refers to a situation in which one big fish purchases a manufactured product from another company and resells it as being its own.

The OEM is the company that originally manufactured the product. Now, the only question is: "Who's the OEM, in this case?" Apparently, these fellows have non limit when it comes to tinkering with the very essence of high tech industry. Somebody should prohibit gadget cloning.

Hilarious!

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