Chinese

Fake Chinese iPhone is Pretty Good Photocopy of the Real Deal

A forum poster over at Macrumors has posted photos of a fake iPhone that's close enough to the real hardware that you might believe it at first glance. Its proportions are off, the screen's not wide-sized and there's a mini-USB connector instead of an iPod dock one, but even the packaging is mocked-up to look Appleish. The UI is glossed-up to look very real, with some differences of course. And sure, you can imagine it would be not so sweet to operate... but you can't argue with the look of the thing. Steve's famous "start your photocopiers" call has gone a lot further than Redmond. Wonder how soon we'll see photocopy iPhone 3Gs? [Macrumors] More »

3:56 AM on Thu Jul 3 2008
By Kit Eaton
12,977 views, 29 comments

Latest by nintendude: @Itspeat!: Not trying to be an asshole, but Will It Blend? I think no one asked that because no one doubts that it will blend. more »

DIY Flight

Chinese DIY Helicopter is the Culmination of 10 Years of Ingenuity, Possible Mental Illness

A DIYer from the Guangdong Province in eastern China has finally perfected his sub-$3000 home-built helicopter, taking it for a demonstration flight in what appears to his back yard. A tinkerer since he dropped out of school in his teens, Chen Zhaorong has been working on this project for nearly 10 years, but only began flight attempts a few months ago. The first attempts were neither successful nor fatal, (a remarkable combo) but this time around he not only got liftoff, but seemed to be in complete control. More »

9:00 PM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By John Herrman
33,331 views, 73 comments

Latest by Tysto: What this story and its comments suggest to me is that Gizmodo readers need to pony up a couple of dozen HD video cameras to create a team of Gizmodo foreign correspondents. I'm sure we could count on regular Jalopnik more »

chinese farmer

Chinese Farmer Flies Self-Built Airplane, Doesn't Wet Pants

Seeing as we crapped ourselves twice from just watching this clip, it's a wonder that this Chinese farmer manages to keep it together while flying this death-trap through the skies. The camera only points rearwards at the guy's crotch, but that's probably to show what gigantic balls this guy must have. The guy built this thing out of what looks like dirt and spare parts from broken aircraft, which is pretty much something we wouldn't want to be riding up 300 feet in the air. This reminds us of Mr. Woo, the Chinese Robot Farmer, who built working robots out of stuff he's found at the junk heap. [YouTube via MAKE]

3:20 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008
By Jason Chen
19,548 views, 105 comments

Latest by ARVash: [www.ifgogo.com] Just found out, this is real. It looked greenscreened, but I was WRONG :O. more »

chinese earthquake

How a 730-Ton Ball Kept the Second Tallest Building From Falling During the Chinese Earthquake

The recent Sichuan Earthquake in China was so intense, tremors were felt all the way over in the tallest completed building in the world—the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan—a whole eight minutes after the quake originated. (The title of tallest building period was taken by the Burj Dubai back in May.) What's interesting about the 101 is that it has a gigantic suspended tuned mass damper, or hanging ball, which takes up four stories and works like this to prevent the building from falling over and tragically crushing office workers. This 730 ton sphere looks intimidating when still, but wait until you see it in motion during the earthquake. More »

10:00 AM on Tue Jun 24 2008
By Jason Chen
66,041 views, 101 comments

Latest by n/a: Cool. That's my photo at the top. It was taken during the Wikimania conference in Taipei last year. more »

cellphones

World's First Cellphone with Pico-Projector Being Produced in China

While we've been watching the development of pico -projectors with interest, Chinese company Cking has gone ahead and built what may be the first production phone with a projector built in. More »

6:41 AM on Fri Jun 13 2008
By Kit Eaton
8,840 views, 13 comments

Latest by hnkelley: @gadgetplay: Ya know, I hit 'submit' and decided to check the dates... you're so right. I wasn't around yet back then, and in the 70's, I was surrounded by... um, how to put this politely... back woods rednecks in more »

iphone 2.0

iPhone 2.0 Firmware Will Have Handwriting Recognition, Go to Japan and China?

A blog on the Wretch.cc network (kinda like a Chinese blogspot) has screens from the Chinese version of iPhone's 2.0 firmware, detailing the new handwriting recognition. If it's real, which it seems to be, the new firmware will let people draw in characters with their fingers, then pick the closest approximation among choices that pop up.

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12:46 PM on Mon May 5 2008
By Jason Chen
5,646 views, 18 comments

Latest by n/a: @iscangel - A 3G iPhone won't work in Japan, they'll need to produce a (W-)CDMA iPhone if they want to sell in Japan. more »

clones

Vertu Gets Own Cheap Chinese Knock-Off: Veptu

Those Chinese cloners have fired up their photocopiers again, this time hunting after big, expensive game: the luxury Vertu phones from Nokia. The Veptu clone phones actually look like the real deal, some even coming with 24k gold-plated cases, leather backs and up to 3.3 carats of embedded diamonds—are these real? Who knows. Each comes with a 176 x 220 TFT display, either a 1.3 or 2.0 megapixel camera and some have Bluetooth. They also have GPRS and play MP3s and MP4s, and come in a variety of dual-band and tri-band GSM setups. However similar they may look, they can't pack the same build quality: they're available for between $219 and $650. [Veptu via Bornrich via Chipchick]

8:15 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,964 views, 3 comments

Latest by n/a: these usually look like the real thing....until they are turned on.. more »

keyless entry watch

Chinese Car Maker Invents Keyless Entry Watch

The problem with Chinese made cars in the year 2008 is that they're complete shit. It's true. Maybe in a few years they'll catch up to the Koreans, the Japanese, the Americans and the Germans, but for now they'll have to be satisfied with unlocking their cars with their watches. Who wouldn't? More »

2:30 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Jason Chen
3,981 views, 22 comments

chinese new years

Microsoft's Limited Edition Xbox 360 For Chinese New Year - Because Nothing Says Chinese New Year Like Halo 3

We're not sure how well the Xbox 360 is doing in China, but Microsoft's cashing in on this whole Chinese New Year business by throwing out a limited edition Chinese New Year Xbox. The box is colored red, which Chinese people like, but includes Halo 3, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense to us. If we were designing a game to include with this box, we'd do something like Viva Pinata, which is kinda festive, or Boom Boom Rocket, which has a whole lot of fireworks. Killing aliens may be fun, but it doesn't scream welcome to the Year of the Rat. [CNET Asia]

3:45 PM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Jason Chen
3,654 views, 19 comments

Latest by Wwhat: Are there any dragons in halo3? more »

iphone clone

Closest Chinese iPhone Clone Yet

Until the Meizu M8 is released, this C-002 HiPhone seems to be the most iPhone of iPhone clones out there. As you can see from the video unboxing, it even comes in an iPhone-esque box and has iPhone-like accessories (protective cover, white earbuds). The UI? Well, just watch. More »

2:45 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Jason Chen
27,921 views, 55 comments

Latest by n/a: I just received my iphone clone off this website called iphone lookalike. The address is: [www.iphonelookalike.com] .....it seems great, and the phone works very well. Just glad i saved so much money on the price of a real iphone, as more »

gong hei fatmodo

Gizmodo Salutes the Rat: Happy Chinese New Year!

Not only are we smart, charming and pretty here at Gizmodo, we are also fantastically cultured. As the Chinese New Year is upon us, we would like to take this opportunity to wish all those celebrating it a smashing new year. As ~~a Chinese restaurant placemat~~ our research informs us, the Chinese calendar cycles every twelve years, with each year representing a different animal. Tonight rings in the Year of the Rat, and in tribute to our respected rodent, we've got a special rattus gadget roundup. Jump in for that priceless, Indiana-Jones-in-the-sewer feeling. More »

12:30 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Haroon Malik
6,616 views, 55 comments

Latest by soundengineer: @whiteknight89: snakes ftw! And hey guys, as long as we understand that, it's fine. I find that it's much easier for those more attuned to the western tongues to get their lips around the phonics of "gong hei fat choy" rather more »

portable media

iRiver Gold-Plates Mplayer For Chinese New Year

In honor of the year of the rat and Chinese New Year (Feb. 7), iRiver's coating their rat/mouse-shaped Mplayer in gold. This seems like it's real gold, seeing as each one is individually numbered and comes in a limited edition box. However, it's only available in China, which means you're going to have to get your Disney-inspired rat MP3 player imported if you want in on the rat action. [iRiver Fans via the mp3 players]

5:00 PM on Sun Jan 27 2008
By Jason Chen
3,095 views, 9 comments

speakers

New Apple Speakers (Not What You Think)

There has been more than enough Apple coverage recently, so here is some "Apple" coverage. These new Chinese "Apple" USB speakers won't ever replace the ill-fated iPod Hi-Fi, but they could possibly be useful as a travel accessory for that ultralight laptop of yours. [Product via 7gadgets]

6:05 PM on Sun Jan 20 2008
By Eric Sheline
8,500 views, 11 comments

iphone clone

New Chinese iPhone Knockoff Even More Brazen Than Meizu

Although Meizu has been stealing from the iPhone left and right, at least they have the courtesy to deny it. This other iPhone clone, however, makes no such attempt—they even plaster "Think Different" all over their ads. Check out the video after the jump, taken by geekmatica, to see what kind of tech you're getting for 1990RMB ($270), which includes the ability to shake the phone to answer it. More »

4:50 PM on Fri Dec 14 2007
By Jason Chen
17,993 views, 39 comments

Latest by jamar0303: @dgelwin: No purchase link- it's phone order only. You could find it on eBay China and see if they'll go international, though. more »

cellphones

HTC Touch Clone Has GPS, But Still Runs Windows Mobile

If we were a Chinese company that made knockoff phones, we probably wouldn't make a knockoff of the HTC Touch. Not that the phone is bad—it's somewhat usable—but putting Windows Mobile 5 on any phone when WM6 is the standard now is kind of a bad idea. However, we would follow in their footsteps and beef up hardware features to include a GPS, a 2-megapixel camera and fingerprint security. We just wouldn't put Windows Mobile 5 on it. [EC51 via Uber Gizmo]

7:00 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Jason Chen
5,438 views, 14 comments

Latest by n/a: ya, well the d2800i HTC Clone has WiFi now too! [www.chinagrabber.com] more »

robots

Magic-Performing 1920s Chinese Automaton

It's not quite Asimo, but this Chinese magician automaton (read: crappy wooden robot) does one thing and one thing only: make other wooden automatons appear and disappear from containers (we don't count sporting a badass mustache as a thing). It's going to be auctioned off on October 28 at Skinner in Bolton, MA, if any of you are interested. Illusions, Michael. [Boing Boing]

3:30 PM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Jason Chen
9,456 views, 19 comments

peripherals

A1Pro Keyboard Has Handwriting Pad With Character Recognition

This A1Pro keyboard isn't that useful for us, who can type just fine with the standard QWERTY keys, but is incredibly useful for, say, Chinese people who want to write characters the way they're used to writing on paper (typing takes a lot longer to learn). The keyboard looks normal on the left, but instead of a numpad, it has a smallish glowing tablet. If we ever wanted to write in Chinese—which we haven't done in about 14 years—we'd pick up one of these for $25.48. [Dealextreme via Crave via Gearfuse]

2:00 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Jason Chen
1,834 views, 7 comments

Latest by CountryDevil: @GEISRUD Yea all the right-handed people get all the cool stuff. But remember, the will always be true... If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then ONLY left-handed people are in their right minds. Oh more »

format war

Wal-Mart Not Carrying $199 HD DVD Player This Christmas

Wal-Mart's just made a statement claiming that they have no plans to carry the Venturer $199 HD DVD in stores this holiday season. This is probably the first time Wal-Mart's turned down a cheap, Chinese- made solution in preference to name brands like Toshiba, but they do still offer Venturer DVD players on walmart.com. We still believe that the sub-$200 Venturer will be the tipping point that gets HD DVD into many homes this Christmas, as long as they can deploy the stock in time for people to actually find them in stores. [Video Business]

1:00 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Jason Chen
4,334 views, 21 comments

Latest by Worf: Actually, hardware prices do have a benefit. While most people will be waiting, consider those buying a DVD player. You can go with the $10 special, but when there's this fancy HD-DVD player that's sitting amongst the rest of the more »

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