Chinese manufacturer prepared to sue over iPad
It's Monday, let's sue Apple!
Chinese manufacturer Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial is reportedly considering suing Apple over the design of the iPad, claiming that it bears too close a resemblance to their P88.
in an interview with El Mundo, Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial's president Xiaolong Wu said that the two devices are "completely identical." In fact, the P88 features that are "completely identical" to the iPad include:
Windows XP
A webcam
A 250GB internal hard drive
A thicker and heavier body
A resistive touch display (the iPad uses multi-touch)
1.5 hours of battery life
Plus they're both rectangles. With black borders.
Ed Sutherland summed it up best at Cult of Mac: "How do you get more attention for a largely unknown netbook at a time when the tech press has the vapors for Apple's iPad? You sue Apple and claim its new device is just a clone of your netbook."
