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Smart Devices to release a true iPad clone

February 14th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news

The Chinese tablet maker Smart Devices have recently announced a new 9.7″ Android tablet. It’s not just the same size; they’re boasting that the R10 Ten uses the exact same screen as the iPad. The R10 Ten will be running Android v2.2, and it will get an update to Honeycomb. The R10 Ten will have [...]

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Wexler just announced a clone of the Sony Pocket Edition

January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news

Last week Wexler announced a new e-reader. The e5001 has a 5″ E-ink screen, micro SD card slot, 4GB Flash, MP3player, but no touchscreen or Wifi. I can’t tell if it supports  DRM, but it does have decent format support (TXT, RFT, PDF, DOC, CHM, HTM, HTML, EPUB, FB2). It’s available now with a retail [...]

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Woori tablet is the newest iPad clone

January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news

South Korean tech company Appeal Systems announced a new 9.7″ Android tablet last week. The Woori is due out early next year and runs v2.2 on a 1GHz CPU. It has Wifi, USB Host, a microSD card slot,  and 2 cameras. It supports Skype and videotelephony. via Aving

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New Dell Duo clone shows up in China

December 6th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Now that was fast. Newpad.cn got their hands on this new, still unnamed convertible tablet. (No, seriously, they have actual product photos, not just photoshops like the one at right.) This baby is based on a 8.9″ (1024×600) touchscreen with a 1.6GHz Atom CPU, 1GB RAM, camera, Wifi, and a 160GB HD. It’s running Win7, [...]

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New Kindle clone coming to Brazil

August 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

Normally I’d trim the image, but I like the motto here: connect, read, learn. Mix Tecnologia Ltda, a Brazilian tech company, have announced that they will soon be selling a Kindle clone for 890 Brazilian Reals (~ $506 USD). (No, that’s not a mistake. I can’t imagine that they’re going to sell all that many [...]

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New details on Copia’s Kindle clone e-reader

August 16th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

You might recall about 2 weeks ago that Copia announced a whole new line of e-readers which replaced the Epaper based ones that were demoed at CES 2010. I just found some more information on the crappy Kindle clone. I bet you’re wondering what happened to those e-readers we saw at CES (the ones still [...]

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7″ iPhone clone clears FCC, runs Android

August 9th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Another tablet has cleared the FCC. This one has a 7″ screen, as well as Wifi, 8GB Flash, microSD card slot, HDMI out, and according to the user manual it has 2 USB ports which suggests USB host.I’m not entirely certain what CPU or ANdroid version it’s running, but I’ve done some digging and I [...]

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Wolder MiBuk – new Jetbook clone

July 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

I came across this e-reader  because I happen to follow the calibre version updates. Wolder are a consumer electronics company based in Spain. Besides the MiBuk (their first e-reader under their own brand) they also have several portable TVs and DVD players. I hadn’t heard of this particular model before, but I do recognize the [...]

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The Pandigital Novel gets a clone

July 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news

Mike Cane found a pair of tablets this morning from a company called Velocity Micro. Based on thei rsite, I’d say that this is a custom PC builder, and these are their first tablets. The Cruz Reader and Cruz Tablet are 7″ Android tablets that will retail for $199 and $299 when they are released [...]

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Netronix have an iPad clone

June 8th, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, video

They had a concept design mockup in their booth last week at Computex. I was waiting on more information before reporting it, but Netronix is overwhelmed with emails  at the moment. But we do know that they haven’t finalized the design. I’ll be honest; I don’t expect them to produce it (unless they get a [...]

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