{"id":53,"date":"2010-02-02T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/02\/apple-stole-our-ipad-idea-says-chinese-manufacturer\/"},"modified":"2013-11-24T03:00:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T03:00:32","slug":"apple-stole-our-ipad-idea-says-chinese-manufacturer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/02\/02\/apple-stole-our-ipad-idea-says-chinese-manufacturer\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple stole our iPad idea says Chinese manufacturer"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Chinese company is claiming that Apple actually ripped the idea off from one of its existing Chinese-made products, called a “P88<\/em>“. The P88 has been on sale for six months according to the company’s president, Mr Xiaolong Wu. The P88 easy to recognise because it “looks just like a big iPhone<\/em>“.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Seems Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial Co., Ltd. is threatening to sue Apple for “Plagiarism<\/em>“. Presumably by this it means some sort of intellectual property theft? Despite its similar looks, the P88 is actually quite different under the bonnet <\/em>from the iPad. It has a 250 Gigabyte hard disk, an ethernet port and three USB ports. It also runs Windows or Linux. The touch screen is only a single touch resistive<\/em> type. But the processor is, in theory at least, faster than the iPad.
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Personally I wouldn’t touch the P88 if it came bundled with Windows – I refuse to pay Windows Tax! And I wouldn’t have an iPAD under any circumstances while it was so riddled with DRM. However, I think the P88 pad, at the right price, running Linux and 100% FOSS could actually be quite an attractive product – if you like that sort of thing.<\/p>\n

Whichever way this goes, it certainly rains on the proverbial parade<\/em> for Apple <\/em>Computer Inc.<\/em>, which is never a bad thing, in my view. It also makes it very difficult for Apple to sue any of its competitors in this context. So, If I were a gambling goose, then I’d place my bets on seeing a large range affordable clone tablets pretty soon. I would expect some of these to be far superior to the iPad – particularly for those who despise DRM and who care about their privacy – and a heck of a lot cheaper too!<\/p>\n

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Pics & story as told by Wired:-
\nhttp:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgetlab\/2010\/02\/chinese-ipad-maker-threatens-to-sue-apple-for-plagiarism\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Full P88 specifications:-
\nhttp:\/\/hkjulong.en.alibaba.com\/product\/284530927-209723234\/tablet_pc_p88.html<\/a><\/p>\n

More about the company and its products:-
\nhttp:\/\/hkjulong.en.alibaba.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Story as told by the China Post in Taiwan (in English):-
\nhttp:\/\/www.chinapost.com.tw\/china\/business\/2010\/01\/30\/242970\/Chinese-company.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Story from El Mundo (in Spanish):-
\nhttp:\/\/www.elmundo.es\/elmundo\/2010\/01\/29\/navegante\/1264759894.html<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Funny old world, huh! Honk! Honk!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Chinese company is claiming that Apple actually ripped the idea off from one of its existing Chinese-made products, called a “P88“. The P88 has been on sale for six months according to the company’s president, Mr Xiaolong Wu. The P88 easy to recognise because it “looks just like a big iPhone“. Seems Shenzhen Great … <\/p>\n

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