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First iPad 2 clones start to appear in China

Brad Linder — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:20:19 +0000

The Apple iPad 2 may have been unveiled just yesterday, but that doesn't mean it's too early for Chinese knockoff artists to start producing iPad 2 clones. In fact, one of the first is a tablet that many news sites were reporting on before Apple's new tablet launched... under the impression that it could actually be the iPad 2. It...

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What you get when you gut a ThinkPad case, insert netbook parts

Brad Linder — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:44:49 +0000

Lenovo ThinkPad products are known for their premium specs and no-nonsense case design. But a Chinese company is apparently adding a bit of nonsense by releasing a knockoff that looks like the Lenovo ThinkPad X200, complete with ThinkPad branding. But the processing power has been seriously dialed back with the inclusion of a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor and integrated...

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Vayee clones the Nokia Booklet 3G for Chinese market

Brad Linder — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:10:59 +0000

The last mini-laptop I saw from Chinese PC builder Vayee was an 11.6 inch laptop designed to look like a MacBook Air (before Apple had an 11.6 inch MacBook Air). Now the company is back with a 10 inch netbook designed to look like a Nokia Booklet 3G. The Vayee netbook has 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM,...

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Phecda P13 laptop: Cheap Asus UL30 clone from China

Brad Linder — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:09:38 +0000

What happens if you take the Asus UL30, scoop out the insides and replace the Intel CULV processor with an Atom chip and NVDIIA IOn graphics? I have no idea, but the folks at Phecda have done the next best thing by producing a UL30 clone called the Phecda P13. The notebook has a 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel...

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HP Mini 5103 clone stuffed with NVIDIA ION, DVD drive

Brad Linder — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:18:21 +0000

The HP Mini 5103 may seem like the netbook that has it all -- an all-metal case, 7200RPM hard drive, optional HD and touchscreen displays, an optional dual core CPU, hard drive sensor to prevent damage, and even a battery indicator built right into the battery. But you know what it doesn't have? NVIDIA ION graphics. Fortunately there's always a...

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Dell Adamo clone from China is missing some of the original’s flair

Brad Linder — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:01:51 +0000

The Dell Adamo laptop is a high priced, high powered thin and light machine, with prices starting at $999. The Shenzhen Zingzheng Yu N98 isn't. But it steals many design cues from Dell's high end notebook. The difference is that on the inside, the N98 is all netbook -- and it has the low $209 price tag to match. The...

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Remember the Nokia Booklet 3G? Now there’s a Chinese knockoff

Brad Linder — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:24:51 +0000

The Nokia Booklet 3G made a pretty big splash when it hit the water last year. And then it kind of sunk. I'm not sure I've ever actually seen one in the wild unless you count a Best Buy retail display as wild. And aside from a high price tag and rather unorthadox case design, Nokia didn't really bring that...

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Vayee Macbook Air clone hits China

Brad Linder — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:31:24 +0000

If there's one thing that's not hard to find in China, it's Macbook Air clones. And rice. I hear that's popular there too. But back to Macbook Air clones, we've seen a number of underpowered thin and light laptops with a distinct Apple-like style. One of the latest is a machine from Shenzhou Vayee. The laptop has an 11.6 inch,...

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Demand cooling for Chinese iPad knockoffs?

Brad Linder — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:16:15 +0000

Chinese companies have been pumping out iPad clones for longer than Apple has actually been selling the 10 inch tablet. The first models were just Android or Windows 7-powered tablets designed to look like an oversized iPod touch. And when Apple announced that the iPad really would look like an oversized iPad touch, well... not much changed. But according to...

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Sony Vaio W knockoff designed to fool casual observers

Brad Linder — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:41:11 +0000

Here's what I love about Chinese electronics knockoff artists: They'll try things that no Western company would ever even dream of. Case in point: a Sony Vaio W knockoff from China which doesn't just look a bit like Sony's 10 inch netbook -- it even has the Sony Vaio brand name plastered all over it. You can tell someone's not...

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8.9 inch “Sony Style” mini laptop available for $299

Brad Linder — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:08:20 +0000

We've seen a lot of cheap Sony Vaio P clones over the last 18 months or so. But one thing most have in common is that they tend to only be available in Asia. You know, unless someone goes through the trouble of shipping them internationally -- which is exactly what Shenit.com is doing with the "Pocket Sony Style L80...

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Acer Aspire One clones going for $190 in China

Brad Linder — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:43:47 +0000

I'd forgive you if you told me that the picture above showed a stack of Acer Aspire One netbooks. They're actually Chinese mini-notebooks from a company called Dai Rui. But they bear a more-than-passing resemblance to the Acer Aspire One, which I'm pretty sure is exactly what Dai Rui was going for. The main difference (aside from the lack of...

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Chinese iPad knockoffs: From aPad to iPed

Brad Linder — Mon, 31 May 2010 14:36:53 +0000

There's no shortage of iPad knockoffs coming out of China these days. Like most, the iPed, which also seems to go by the name of the aPad, runs Google Android and seems to have a sluggish processor and limited storage. Watching the user open the app drawer is a bit like watching paint dry. But there's at least one reason...

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Iridium Star notebook wants to be a $230 MacBook Air

Brad Linder — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:34:53 +0000

The Iridium Star notebook from china is hardly the first thin and light notebook with a MacBook Air-inspired case and netbook-like guts I've seen. But at just about $230, it's definitely one of the cheapest. And with an Apple logo emblazoned on the back, it's also one of the ballsiest. The notebook has an 11.6 inch, 13766 x 768 pixel...

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HP Mini 5102 clone, complete with the HP logo

Brad Linder — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:25:36 +0000

Chinese companies have been producing cheap knockoffs of big name laptops for years. But you know what most of them lack? Big name branding. Fortunately, at least one Chinese manufacturer realizes that the same thing is true for fake brand name laptops as fake brand name handbags: They're more attractive if you don't know they're fake. With that in mind,...

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