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 […]
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Demand cooling for Chinese iPad knockoffs?
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 […]
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Sony Vaio W knockoff designed to fool casual observers
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. […]
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Acer Aspire One clones going for $190 in China
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 […]
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Jetway EM130 looks like a MacBook, works like a netbook
You’d be forgiven for mistaking the Jetway EM130 for a MacBook. Cosmetically, it looks an awful lot like a 13 inch MacBook. But on the inside, this 13.3 inch notebook is all netbook — albeit one with relatively powerful netbook components. The Jetway EM130 has a 1366 x 768 pixel HD display, NVIDIA ION graphics, […]
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Zenithink’s iPad clone sports Android, 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor
Whether you like the iPad (or any Apple devices) or not, one thing is undeniable: when a new model gets released, Shanzai clones are never far behind. Often they sport far less impressive hardware, but Zenithink’s offering actually looks pretty decent. According to a post at Shanzaihaiben.com, the company is working on a new 10-inch […]
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MacBook Pro clone with NVIDIA ION graphics, dual core Atom chip
You don’t see full sized laptops with Intel Atom processors very often. But this MacBook Pro clone from China is an interesting exception to the rule. It sports a 14.1 inch display and a case that looks an awful lot like a MacBook Pro case including the large touchpad with integrated buttons. But while the […]
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iPad clone running Google Android
It seems like every new tablet and netbook that’s announced these days is labeled by someone as an iPad killer. So let me go on the record and say that this tablet from China is not an iPad killer — largely because you’ll probably never get your hands on one. What it is, is a […]
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A Windows 7 tablet stuffed into an oversized iPhone case is not an iPad clone
The Apple iPad is expected to begin shipping in the next month or two, and while it remains to be seen whether it will truly revolutionize the slate PC space, there’s one thing the iPad has already done: spark a ton of competition in the tablet space. For much of 2010, the iPad was nothing […]
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Malata ups the ante on Sony Vaio P knockoffs with a touchscreen
Malata’s PC-98905 netbook is what you would get if you took a Sony Vaio P, stretched it out a bit to give it roomier, more comfortable keyboard, and placed a Lenovo TrackPoint-style nub in the middle of the keyboard. Now the company is back with yet another knockoff. Basically the new Malata A802 looks exactly […]