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iPhoneys Looking Impressively iPhone-ish

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News Posted: Sat, Jul 4 2009 12:14 AM
When Japan first started to produce goods, many said they marveled at how well Japan could copy things. Now many such knock-offs come from China. In terms of the iPhone, such replicas could easily spotted. Now, not so much.

A consumer delivered a device to MacMedics that he had purchased from eBay. While at first glance it sure looks like an iPhone, when running it sure isn't Apple-like: sluggish, clunky, and with an Apple logo on the back, a counterfeit rather than a clone.

Even the box looks pretty iPhone-ish. MacMedics said in the video below:
“As you can see it looks xactly like an iPhone. It does not work very well, and when it does work it is incredibly slow.
It comes with some weird accessories that should clue you into fake-ness. A dock (which Apple does not provide), a stylus (same), the dock even includes a speaker.

Lesson to be learned: don't buy an iPhone from eBay if the deal sounds too good. MacMedics has been asked, in this case, to write a letter to PayPal explaining why we think the "iPhone" is fake. Plenty of reasons, right?

Check out the video below:

[View:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_TZfpEvzrQ]
 
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LohanP replied on Sat, Jul 4 2009 4:03 AM

Some of the phone industries filed their bankruptcy months ago. I hope that before this year ends, there will be success in this industry. But hey, im glad that the economy alleviation from downturn economic situation is continuously fighting against.There is a case for walking away from enormous debts, as there is always the option of filing for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy isn't something to be taken lightly, as it isn't like buying postage stamps and you will have be consulting with bankruptcy attorneys and determine whether or not filing would be good for you. Unemployment is one of the biggest causes for filing, and foreclosure is one of the usual precursors. If you file for chapter 7, the most common filing, you will have to undergo a means test, to determine whether a person can pay all or a portion of their debts. If considering bankruptcy , make sure you have some quick cash for

emergencies and talk to bankruptcy attorneys.

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bob_on_the_cob replied on Sat, Jul 4 2009 1:37 PM

Wow that looks a lot like the Iphone. I would be pissed if I got that slow ass thing home.

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digitaldd replied on Thu, Jul 9 2009 10:22 AM

iPhoney, I like that one.  Anyway I was in an electronics shop on canal Street in Mnahattan the other day, the kind that sells DS cartridges that have like 50+ games on them and they had a $155 dual-sim card iphone look alike which seemed to have a version of Opera Mobile for a browser, its media player could playback mp4,m4v,avi [divx/xvid], wmv, wma, mp3, aac, flac, ape, wav, ogg, gsm, 3gp, flv, mpg, rm and a bunch of other media types. has a microSD slot for memory expansion [had no trouble playing a 704x480 xvid file without skipping frames, had it on the memory card in my phone], picked up the local digital tv stations, had wifi, GSM 3G, bluetooth. also had a really lame calendar and email app. For $155 its a pretty good deal, no contract thats full price for the phone.

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