QKphone is Thick on the Features and the Copyright Infringement

QKphone is a dual-band GSM phone with the exterior that suggests it was either custom-made for Indiana Jones or a genuine production model straight out of retro sci-fi. Besides the illegal Mercedes Benz logo up front (not the first we’ve covered), I’m all sold on this Chinese gadget. Specs: - Two screens, one 2.8 inches [...]

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China PMP Does a Mercedes-Benz Impression

The NS-2010 from NASD Technology may support AVI and MPEG-4 videos and MP3 and WMA audio files, but it’s the Mercedes-themed styling (complete with a tri-star, no less) that’s sure to grab attention. The device comes with a 2-inch TFT screen that displays 262,000 colors. It can be used as an e-book reader and image [...]

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Report on China’s Cloning Industry

Popular Science writer Dan Koeppel went to China for a close-up look at Meizu’s elusive miniOne, also called the M8, but learned about the China’s blooming cloning industry. Everything can be cloned in China, even a Mercedes Benz C-class. China’s copycats have become a lot more sophisticated since they started copying Western products in the [...]

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