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It's hard to keep up to date with Apple!]]>Jan 21st 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
— Do Chinese patents typically have English in them? (eg: "FRONT VIEW" and "3D VIEW")]]>Jan 21st 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
Same thing can be said about a video card. If some company can take an exact copy of the Nvidia 8800 and make it better, they'll have my money. Same thing with a monitor, tv toilet ect...

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If anything on that computer you are typing on right now says "Made in China", you are now a hypocrite.]]>Jan 21st 2008 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
Of course, Meizu might have had better spies, but unless you have proof that they already knew what the iPhone was going to look like...this story is kind of pointless, no?]]>Jan 21st 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
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And if you are going to call someone an idiot, get your spelling and grammar on point.


Is it that hard to play nice?]]>Jan 21st 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Congratulations, you win(!)]]>Jan 22nd 2008 12:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
The Meizu M8 was announced in Decemeber 06 at the latest. BEFORE January. Idiot.

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Now if the company tries to roll off a patent for some novel idea that's already been patented; i.e., not some simple generic design sans buttons, then you can cry foul. Or if the device exactly mimics another company's design (exactly should be underlined and similarities don't count when something is as lacking in physical features as a PDA w/ only a button or two.)]]>Jan 22nd 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Cellphone...check

Most DEFINATELY a copy of the iPhone. Regardless of when it was patented.]]>Jan 21st 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
By virtue of it looking exactly like an iPhone makes it an iPhone copy. And yes, I've heard it many times, "It's a phone with a touch screen for the sole source of input, how different can they possibly look?" Yeah, well, let's not forget about the pocket pcs; they, too, were phones with touch screens for the sole source of input and they managed to look awfully different.]]>Jan 21st 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
*prays to MacBook*




*posted from a computer running XP]]>Jan 21st 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Haha. Nice pun.
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Let's be honest, while they may be copying the iPhone's software like thieving weasels, they're just following smart hardware design... same as Apple did. And Apple does not have THAT patented.]]>Jan 21st 2008 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 22nd 2008 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/
I honestly think this is just a very elaborate joke being pulled of by Apple. At the end, it will be, "Upon further review, we have decided to halt production of our phone and direct all our customers to the most advanced phone in the market, Apple's iPhone." Like Apple was doing this all along. Maybe this is really iPhone 2? I kid, I kid....

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I don't know why Engadget has its particular interest in this Keep-it-real-fake manufactuer, just like the god damn Optimus / Optomas / Otopus keyboard(didnt even bother to read its name).]]>Jan 21st 2008 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 22nd 2008 2:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 22nd 2008 1:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/And I don't live in America by the way, I live in Asia too.
I do know that China's products are in general, well made. However it is innovation that ushers in new technologies, design ect. without it you are stuck with constant look a-likes with no progress.

And I'm afraid I don't see that in China at the moment. All I see are cheap knock-offs with the only thought going into it being "Let's see how we can change things a bit" (M8 and the iPhone)

However, I do feel that China does have the potential to become more then a country that is known for it's cheap labor and more of something that innovates.]]>Jan 21st 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/most flip phones look the same, most candy bar phones look the same, and most touchscreen phones are big rectangles with rounded corners.

although i'm sick of people copying the UI.]]>Jan 21st 2008 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 21st 2008 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Thanks to everyone!]]>Jan 24th 2008 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/meizu-m8-hits-the-chinese-patent-office-top-of-the-irony-meter/Jan 22nd 2008 4:14AM