Lenovo KIRFs again with the OPhone UI

Alright, we have no idea why Lenovo's phone division is suddenly pumping out copycat handsets, but these supposed shots of the Android-based OPhone's UI look awfully familiar, don't you think? Combine that with the equally-fishy rip of Samsung's TouchWiz UI found in the recently-announced X1, and it more or less seems like Lenovo's running a high-end KIRF outfit over there -- no wonder this stuff never leaves China.

[Via The Raw Feed]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 24th 2009 10:34PM]

ahhhhhh.,iphonekiller!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jakey Posted Mar 24th 2009 11:34PM]

Besides from the round colorful icons and a black background I don't see how this is a copy of the iPhone UI. Looks similar I guess. There's a search bar and it doesn't have the distinctive dock on the bottom and the dialer looks completely different so the actual functional UI elements seem to be different.

In short, theme (colorful round buttons black background) is similar but the UI looks different.

If you look at the actual functional elements of the UI, the Instinct & Voyager are much closer to the iPhone as someone mentioned, and that wasn't called KIRF.

Even the Palm Pre is more similar in the functional elements on the home screen (it also has the dock on the bottom).

[SinoPeach Posted Mar 25th 2009 12:15AM]

I wrote about this and engadget ages ago.

http://www.utilitycomputing.com.cn/?p=96

Those that can't do teach or write about it.

Kids in north america - not running global enterprises out of asia. Tall poppy syndrome.

Sinophobia for sure. Oh well - they'll be the poor and homeless ones soon enough, not the KIRF's. Seems the engadget people here are either communists, dislike market economies or just plain don't want to make money and be rich.

RF.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 12:45AM]

Richard:

No. You did not write about this. Engadget wrote about this first and their writings are original. You insult Engadget and hurt Engadget's feelings by suggesting they may have knocked off your supposedly original writings. (See what I mean?)

Also, shame on you for pretending to have a Chinese site that's hosted on an American server.

[SinoPeach Posted Mar 25th 2009 12:50AM]

You =think= my server is in the USA don't you. Shows what an expert in IT you are. Keep working local jobs in your own economy bub.

Never heard of global load balancing? Well why would I use my own blog to test my own platform - gee what a crAzy idea. Maybe I should just do it the same simple and uneducated and uninspired way as a north american geek would.

Keep working for the man mate.


RF.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 3:46AM]

I kinda like the way it looks even if it's a copy of the iPhone's UI.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 4:46AM]

So much of a copycat that my 16 month old daughter tried to touch the icons thinking it was an iPhone screen!