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    Image of amandizzle amandizzle
    08/16/09

    In reply to Refreshed Nokla E81—With an L—Nokia Knockoff Packs Plenty of Swivel
    It's a shame, I would absolutely use this phone if it wasn't a crazy knockoff.

    I'm looking to upgrade, and always buy the smallest phone I can find... but lately I've been browsing for a small phone with a qwerty keyboard. Not an easy find.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    08/16/09

    @amandizzle: VZW is supposed to be putting out a phone exactly like this so wait a little and get it.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/16/09

    In reply to Refreshed Nokla E81—With an L—Nokia Knockoff Packs Plenty of Swivel
    It's kind of a cool looking concept.
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    Image of tkdnate tkdnate
    08/16/09

    In reply to Refreshed Nokla E81—With an L—Nokia Knockoff Packs Plenty of Swivel
    Wait, is that a Verizon logo on the back there, too?
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    08/16/09

    @tkdnate: No, that's a verlzon logo.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    08/16/09

    @tkdnate: Looks like it.

    I think they got a hold of a pre-release phone. The next nokia for verizon is supposed to look like that.
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    Image of ooqooʞɐɾ_Is upside down! ooqooʞɐɾ_Is upside down!
    07/12/09

    In reply to Inevitable Kindle 2 Knock Off Spotted in China
    See, I have a problem with the complaints about cheap, Chinese knockoffs. Last time I checked, they were as good as or better than the originals. Popular Science did an article about the iPhone clone, and it WAS better.
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    Image of Đipic Đipic
    07/12/09

    @Jakooboo For Sale: Are... are you serious? That is rarely the case.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/20/09

    In reply to Barock Obauma Loves His BlockBerry
    Damn, after reading/seeing that ad, it's not just my economy that's stimulated.
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    Image of rallyprox rallyprox
    06/20/09

    In reply to Barock Obauma Loves His BlockBerry
    Did anyone else notice that the image of Obama was reversed? Look at the flag on his lapel.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    06/20/09

    @rallyprox: He's wearing a flag now?
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    Image of Pootie Tang Pootie Tang
    06/20/09

    In reply to Barock Obauma Loves His BlockBerry
    Post-Disclaimer Apology:


    If I have offended anyone at all I sincerely apologize.

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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    06/20/09

    @Pootie Tang: You're quite the silent type, aren't ya?
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    Image of Jestermeister Jestermeister
    06/20/09

    In reply to Barock Obauma Loves His BlockBerry
    Interesting that the Blockberry runs Windows Mobile and not Wendows or something.
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    Image of lolgreg lolgreg
    06/20/09

    @Jestermeister: There's an actual person in China named Window, who is CEO of BlockBerry. It's just his OS, as in Window's.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/20/09

    In reply to Barock Obauma Loves His BlockBerry
    why didn't they just call it a BarackBerry? get more creative china. men, what do i expect from a country that only has 5 last names.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/14/09

    In reply to Alleged PS3 Slim Spy Shots Inspire Hope, Doubt
    I sure hope that this is real. I don't permit a great deal of room for set top boxes, so a smaller PS3 would be right up my alley.
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    Image of REDRUN REDRUN
    05/14/09

    In reply to Alleged PS3 Slim Spy Shots Inspire Hope, Doubt
    It would be nice if the 17 lbs monster would lose some weight, but those "leaked" photos are pictures of another knock off. The PS3 logo is all wrong. Its a knockoff, a really bad looking one at that.
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    Image of Musouka Musouka
    05/14/09

    @REDRUN: Yet, the knockoff guys did a pretty good job making the new logo looks like the PS2 and PSP logos?


    If you checked the history books, the slim version always gets a shorter name: PSOne & PS2 are proof of that.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/14/09

    @Musouka: Actually, I think RED's right. The typeface is pretty off.
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    Image of Soyerzzz Soyerzzz
    05/14/09

    In reply to Alleged PS3 Slim Spy Shots Inspire Hope, Doubt
    A Ps3 slim would be cool. But that design is so wrong. Why would you use a matte finish?
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    Image of Stinky Wizzleteats Stinky Wizzleteats
    05/14/09

    @Soyerzzz: becasue oily finger prints are nasty looking
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/14/09

    @I heart cake farts: I don't know about you, but I wear gloves when I hold my consoles during gameplay.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    03/04/09

    In reply to Wii Fit, Weight Fat: What's the Difference?
    Are the handles on the Weight Fat boxes being held up between those pipes by packs of gum?


    What manner of insane crane machines do they have in Japan?

     Reply
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    Image of DisposableInterloper DisposableInterloper
    12/25/08

    In reply to HKC Pearl is the Ultimate Knockoff Phone (It Runs Android!)
    Sweet Evil Jesus!


    Is there no originality left in China? Seriously, has any one of these knockoff manufacturers ever considered making a design of their own? Not necessarily even a good design, just an original one with a name that makes at least a lick of sense. It can't be much harder than making a cheap piece of shit that looks as if it was styled after a blurry photocopy of the device its ripping off, can it?

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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    12/26/08

    @DisposableInterloper: China's chief export in the mid- to late-60s was Originality. Unfortunately, experts didn't realize, until it was too late, that China was dangerously low on this precious natural (but non-renewable) resource. In less than a decade China's Originality dried up completely, leaving millions dumbfounded and shocked. But, they quickly rallied and realized that underneath all of that Originality was a far more lucrative (if long-term) resource: Duplication. In the decades to come China would mine this seemingly inexhaustible resource, though the benefits were not as immediately tangible as it would at first seem. Years passed before Duplication began to pay off, and in that time China earned a bad reputation for regurgitation rather than innovation.


    Only in recent years has China's Duplication-mining efforts begun to show profit. Also, surprisingly, pockets of Innovation (though in admittedly small quantities) have been discovered amidst the rich veins of Duplication. But there can be little doubt that the Duplication has paid off for China, with nearly 99.2% of the planet's goods now copied and distributed by China.


    There has also been recent conjecture (controversial, to be sure) that China's


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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    12/25/08

    In reply to HKC Pearl is the Ultimate Knockoff Phone (It Runs Android!)
    Do want.
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