While Apple has had to push back the iPad’s global launch, citing huge demand in the US, it is business as usual for Chinese bootleggers. In fact, they are wallowing in the iPad’s absence as this gives them more time to lure some potential iPad customers towards cheap knockoffs. iPad clones have just begun hitting the Chinese market.
A brace of journalists, working for the news agency Reuters, discovered one such clone in the Southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Based on their account, the clone appears to be a corpulent version of the original. Also, unlike the original, the fake iPad runs Windows 7 and costs only 2,800 yuan ($410). A myriad of similar knockoffs can also be found on some of the most popular online marketplaces in China.
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nsk chaos
April 27, 2010 at 1:48pm
china would and china did. what did you expect? but i find this hilarious =D.
violian
April 27, 2010 at 11:26am
4GB of storage?! After the Windows 7 installation, there will be like 32MB left! LOL.
bathtbgin
April 27, 2010 at 9:06am
it can run windows 7, and looks to have pretty accurate orientation sensors, I've gotta be honest i'm actually more interested in what the fake ipad can do than the real one.
bart3385
April 27, 2010 at 8:53am
Looks like the knockoff will actually be more useful than the original iPad itself!
rabbit01
April 27, 2010 at 7:34am
Looks like the knock-off has a 16:9 display. I wonder if they've added SD card reader or USB ports to it?
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