Keepin' it real fake, part CXVI: Tilt gets shamelessly aped

As the bar for really, truly ripping another product off gets ratcheted up, leave it to Awang to make sure it keeps pace. The A9000 handset makes no attempt to veil itself from being seen as the impostor that it truly is, featuring the same QWERTY keypad, general design and tilt-ability as the long-established AT&T Tilt. Judging by the looks of things, those not ashamed with carrying around a Class-A wannabe will find Windows Mobile ("or similar") under the hood, a T-Flash expansion slot, built-in camera and a lovely stylus for good measure. We've seen creativity get slapped in the face before, but this is a bona fide low blow.

[Thanks, Steve]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 8:38AM]

OMG that is funny. Does it have drivers?

[finalfantasyeternal Posted Apr 7th 2008 9:39AM]

Video drivers! ^_^

--James

[fl3tch3r Posted Apr 7th 2008 9:42AM]

Got love that service tag to. "TV Mobile" in the same font as T-Mobile. Spectacular. I can't wait for them to come out with the "ATT&T" version! Haha..

[Razor1973 Posted Apr 7th 2008 9:48AM]

Oh, shit! "TV" is in magenta!

[wyldtek Posted Apr 7th 2008 11:42AM]

I was thinking the same thing

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 10:40AM]

why is the page translated from Japanese? Please tell me this is another China ripoff, not Japan!

[leffga Posted Apr 7th 2008 6:14PM]

Dang! I knew someone would post something about the drivers! You guys all beat me to it!

There's a thread on xda that's having pretty good progress on this matter with the drivers...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381254

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 7th 2008 8:06PM]

Those benchmarks are pretty much established to be FAKED!

So did these copycats duplicate the lack of drivers too?

[jengadget Posted Apr 8th 2008 10:39AM]

I had the fortune/misfortune of owning a tilt for 1.5 months, thankfully I managed to craigslist it at a $10 loss(nice!!!).

I havent kept up with the driver saga, so is the bounty up to 10K now?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 8th 2008 1:11PM]

Ahhh...the Chinese, shamelessly imitating other people's tech, just like they are going to shamelessly imitate a country worthy of hosting the Olympics.