BenQ MID Reporting for the Roll-Call

  Mobile Internet Devices are making their presence felt at CES. The Lenovo and Aigo MIDs are both lacking GPS. BenQ’s MID may not have a GPS built-in but Navigadget discovered a GPS icon on BenQ MID homepage. The device will be a 4.8-inch touch screen and promises a battery that beats current UMPCs in the [...]

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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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Nokia N800 Chinese Clone

If you’re into portable Internet browsing, you might have heard of the Nokia N800. It’s mnot as popular as other Nseries handsets, like the N95 multimedia cellphone. Not being wildly popular, however, will not stop some Chinese companies from imitating you. Take the UMPC001 from XIACHAO of China. It’s pretty near to being the exact [...]

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