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Okay, while not topical to CES 2011, it could be -- because let's face it, any handset with this amount of whiz (and a dash of bang) deserves its time in the spotlight. The X8 somehow loads dual SIMs, a rotatable 3.2-inch QVGA display paired with a small external screen, quadband GSM, and WiFi tastefully wrapped in a beautiful checked faux-leather finish. Other notables here include TV -- no specs provided -- a VGA camera, and the price: $107.90. Feel free to buy one for every member of your family, as the price tumbles to $106 each in quantities of 10 or more -- with free shipping to boot.

[Thanks, MAX]

Keepin' it real fake: X8 iPhone clone comes pre-cased, hinged, with barrels of sass originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>dealextremeiphonekeepin it real fakekeeping it real fakeKeepingItRealFakeKeepinItRealFakekirfmobileX8Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:24:00 EST<![CDATA[Keepin' it real fake: iPhone 5 provides foresight to a falsified future (video)]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/17/keepin-it-real-fake-iphone-5-provides-foresight-to-a-falsified/http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/17/keepin-it-real-fake-iphone-5-provides-foresight-to-a-falsified/http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/17/keepin-it-real-fake-iphone-5-provides-foresight-to-a-falsified/#comments Of course you knew this was coming, you probably just didn't expect it so soon. If Apple keeps up with its usual schedule, we don't expect an iPhone 4 successor to rear its head until summer 2011, but already some KIRF scientists are making forward-looking projections and produced what it thinks might be the KIRF iPhone to go tête-à-tête with the presumed iPhone 5. Resolution's apparently low, but it does its best to make up for it with dual SIM capabilities, WiFi, Bluetooth, a microSD slot, built-in camera with flash, an all-too familiar UI -- all at a price guaranteed to assuage regret: about 700 yuan (US $106). The future is now, why wait? Video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Keepin' it real fake: iPhone 5 provides foresight to a falsified future (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>appleiphoneiphone 5Iphone5keepin it real fakekeeping it real fakeKeepingItRealFakeKeepinItRealFakekirfFri, 17 Dec 2010 10:43:00 EST<![CDATA[Keepin' it real fake: Sony Style L80 mini laptop cuts the VAIO P's price down to size]]>http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/keepin-it-real-fake-sony-style-l80-mini-laptop-cuts-the-vaio-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/keepin-it-real-fake-sony-style-l80-mini-laptop-cuts-the-vaio-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/26/keepin-it-real-fake-sony-style-l80-mini-laptop-cuts-the-vaio-p/#commentsKeepin' it real fake: Sony Style L80 mini laptop cuts the VAIO P's price down to size The Sony VAIO P: it's a lovely little, pocket-friendly machine that suffers from one glaring flaw: high price. Leave it to the boffins at Sony Style to come up with a solution for that. No, not Sony's Sony Style retailer, but rather KIRF manufacturer Sony Style, which has crafted this 1.6GHz Atom-powered mini laptop with a 1024 x 600, 8.9-inch screen and a "16GB hard disk" that is either actually an SSD or was manufactured sometime in the late '90s. It offers 1GB of memory (double that for $35 more), WiFi and, according to the specs, "you can carry it to go outside." The price for that kind of convenience? Just $299 -- or $275 if you buy 16 of 'em. Who wants to set up the group buy?

Keepin' it real fake: Sony Style L80 mini laptop cuts the VAIO P's price down to size originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>8.9-inchkeepin it real fakekeeping it real fakeKeepingItRealFakeKeepinItRealFakekirfl80netbooksony styleSonyStylevaio pVaioPMon, 26 Jul 2010 08:35:00 EST<![CDATA[Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXIII: VAIO W netbook clone handily beats Sony to market]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/12/keepin-it-real-fake-part-ccxxiii-vaio-w-netbook-clone-handily/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/12/keepin-it-real-fake-part-ccxxiii-vaio-w-netbook-clone-handily/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/12/keepin-it-real-fake-part-ccxxiii-vaio-w-netbook-clone-handily/#comments Turns out by the time Sony went official with its inaugural VAIO W netbook, it was already old news to the Chinese KIRF market. The "VAIO" pictured above apparently came out some time in mid-June and does a laudable job of honoring the actual one's chassis, although the keyboard is more traditional than Sony's isolated / chiclet stylings. Throw in a 10.2-inch LED display, 1.6GHz Atom processor, integrated graphics, a 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, and decently convincing packaging and you'd be liable to think you went through a time warp spotting this in Shenzhen. It's got a pretty sizable head start on the legit version, but something tells us this particular model won't be trying its luck elsewhere in the world.

[Via PMP Today and Cloned in China]

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>keepin it real fakekeeping it real fakeKeepingItRealFakeKeepinItRealFakekirfnetbooksonysony netbooksony vaiosony vaio wsony vaio w netbookSonyNetbookSonyVaioSonyVaioWSonyVaioWNetbookvaiovaio netbookvaio w netbookvaio w seriesVaioNetbookVaioWNetbookVaioWSeriesww netbookw seriesw series netbookWNetbookWSeriesWSeriesNetbookSun, 12 Jul 2009 08:25:00 EST<![CDATA[Keepin' it real fake, part CCXXII: Looks like "WeFound" a total Kindle ripoff]]>http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/11/keepin-it-real-fake-part-ccxxii-looks-like-wefound-a-total/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/11/keepin-it-real-fake-part-ccxxii-looks-like-wefound-a-total/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/11/keepin-it-real-fake-part-ccxxii-looks-like-wefound-a-total/#comments Kindle doppelganger? The gang at Tech-On stumbled upon this little number at this week's Tokyo's Digital Publishing Fair, and unless our eyes deceive us, this snowflake's the spitting image of Amazon's e-book reader. It comes from Founder International, Inc., the Japanese unit of Chinese Peking University Founder Group Corp., and aesthetics aside, the screen comes from the same manufacturer (E Ink Corporation) and even lets you insert a SIM card and download directly to the device. And yet, despite the evidence, the company claims its gadget was "independently developed" and has nothing to do with the Kindle. Sure, whatever you say, wink wink, nod nod. The so-labeled WeFound is heading to China at the end of 2009 for around $209, with a possible release in Japan sometime after.

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Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>chinachinesee booke book readere-booke-book readerE-bookReaderEBookEBookReaderkeepin it real fakekeeping it real fakeKeepingItRealFakeKeepinItRealFakekindlekirfSat, 11 Jul 2009 07:29:00 EST<![CDATA[Keepin' it real fake, part L: The "Ipod style Mobile Phone iPhone"]]>http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/18/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xlx-the-ipod-style-mobile-phone-iph/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/18/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xlx-the-ipod-style-mobile-phone-iph/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/18/keepin-it-real-fake-part-xlx-the-ipod-style-mobile-phone-iph/#commentsWe've gotta hand it to them: electronics conmen are extremely confident in their belief in the ignorance of the masses. Gaze at the unbelievably poor "Ipod [sic] style Mobile Phone iPhone" rendition above, and then suck in the £75 (around $150) pricetag. It comes complete with an iPod-esque white finish, Mac OS X wallpaper, and a strange Quicktime skin for the included media player, but the kicker has got to be the modified Apple logo -- as if the extra leaf is going to fool anyone.

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