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wefound kindle 2 knock-off: calling amazon’s lawyers…

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It was only a matter of time before some cheap Chinese clone of Amazon’s Kindle digital book reader would find its way to market.

This knock-off – from a company called “Wefound” – is a dead ringer for the Kindle 2. From the slim white case to the 6-inch screen, to its nubby little keyboard,…

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July 12th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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conny q3 sports game console: if wii was round

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No, this oddly-shaped pink gadget isn’t some sort of sex toy. Unless you think that playing with your Wii is a stimulating experience.

What you’re looking at here is the Conny Q3 Sports, a video game console out of China that’s designed to play like the Nintendo Wii, but for a whole lot less money.…

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June 23rd, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: just plain fun video games

pxp-900 retro 8/16/32-bit handheld video game system looks an awful lot like a psp

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Does this handheld gaming system look familiar at all? When I first saw it, I had to do a double-take too.

While the PXP-900 steals more thant a few of it’s design cues from the Sony PSP, don’t expect it to play the latest PSP games – it only plays retro game ROMs. The system…

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April 29th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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cect m188 puts an iphone clone through shrinker ray

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While rumors continue to abound of Apple releasing an iPhone Nano someday, you can get your hands on a miniature iPhone right now – just as long as you don’t mind that it’s a cheap Chinese knock-off that’s clearly violating just about every intellectual property law you can think of.

The CECT m188 borrows its…

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April 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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pacboy and space intruder: retro 8-bit games from a (bad) alternative dimension

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When you think classic video games, two names come to mind PacBoy and Space Intruder, right? No? Well even if those aren’t the games you remember from your childhood, it’s the best you’re gonna do if you pick up these cheap-o handhelds on sale over in the UK.

Judging from the crappy-looking black-and-white LCD screens below,…

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February 8th, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech retro video games

they’ve got wii-sports, we’ve got v-sports

V-Sports Wii Clone

Too cheap to buy a Nintendo Wii? Then look no further than the latest Wii knock-off to find its way from the streets of China.

The V-Sports console from Hong Kong electronics outfit Rumdes does its best to copy the motion controller concept of Wii Sports, but without any of those pesky Nintendo games. The…

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August 6th, 2008 comments (11) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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miwi game console is nothing like a wii, really.

Eittek 9800 MiWi Wii Fake

Here’s the latest, greatest, phoniest knock-off console to surface from China. While the MiWi video game system might steal some of its looks from the Nintendo Wii, that’s about where the similarities end.

Created by China’s Eittek Electronics, the 9800 MiWi video game system comes with a pair of wireless controllers which do their best…

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May 12th, 2008 comments (30) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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cool boy game console: call the copyright cops

Cool Boy Portable Gaming Console

The latest gadget to crawl out from the seamy underbelly of the Chinese gaming underground. Not to be confused with the GameBoy, the Cool Boy is a portable game system that plays a variety of old school 8-bit and 16-bit console titles.

From what I can tell, the Cool Boy is one of those systems…

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April 15th, 2008 comments (11) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech video games

mobile phone offers nes emulation, mystery windows key

ZTC 8898 Mobile Phone with NES Emulation

Here’s a suspicious looking mobile phone from China that manages to infringe on at least a couple of prominent brands in one feature-packed device.

When opened up, the ZTC 8898 mobile not only looks mimics of the looks of HTC’s QWERTY phones, it claims to “simulate” 8-bit NES games too. If that’s not enough potential…

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December 19th, 2007 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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