Apr 27

Canon brings out Jackie Chan-branded Rebel T2i / 550D for Chinese market

Posted in: camera, digital camera, DigitalCamera, dslr, Today's Chili

“Eye of Dragon” must be Chinese for “better kit lens, fancier neck strap, a branded photo album, and a leather case.” Because that’s the totality of substantive changes you’ll be getting if you opt for the upgraded Jackie Chan variety of Canon’s Rebel T2i. Of course, there’s also the knowledge that you’ll be one of only 2,010 owners of this exclusive kit, which will set buyers back an unenviable 10,000 Yuan ($1,467). If you ask us, we’d rather just buy the body and add on the EF-S 18-135mm lens ourselves, but then we were always more partial to Bruce Lee anyway.

Canon brings out Jackie Chan-branded Rebel T2i / 550D for Chinese market originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 26

Hot Out of China’s Knock-Off Oven: iPad Clones

Posted in: Apple, Hacks, Mods and DIY, ipad, tablets, Today's Chili

ipadcloneApple has stalled the international launch of the iPad due to high demand in the United States, and Chinese bootleggers are rushing to fill in the gap.

China residents desiring an Apple iPad can buy counterfeit versions of the tablet from a number of tiny shops in Shenzhen, China, according to a Reuters report.

One shopkeeper surnamed Lin told Reuters that his iPad knock-off, which runs Windows and features three USB ports, is competitively priced: 2,800 yuan ($410) compared to Apple’s iPad, priced between $500 and $830. Reuters described the knock-off as a giant iPhone, and Lin said future generations would look even more like the real thing.

“This is just the first rough version,” Lin said in Cantonese. “While the shape isn’t quite the same, the external appearance is very similar to the iPad, so we don’t think it will affect our sales that much.”

Shenzhen is notorious for being home to counterfeits of many products, such as iPhones, MacBooks and battery chargers. The New York Times in April 2009 wrote a report illustrating the impact of cellphone knock-offs capturing market share from the world’s biggest phone makers. Manufacturers have been urging the Chinese government to crack down on fake products while warning consumers about potential health hazards, such as exploding batteries.

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Apr 20

Lenovo talks up LePhone, shows off app store ahead of May launch

Posted in: Android, AppStore, lenovo, Today's Chili
Lenovo’s Android-based LePhone (not LePhono, sadly) may not be officially launching in China until next month, but the company did just hold a launch event of sorts in the country, in which it revealed a few new details and did a fair bit of boasting. According to The Wall Street Journal, Lenovo says that it’s aiming to sell “millions” of the phones in the next five years, and “tens of millions” after that — although not just involving this particular phone, obviously. Lenovo COO Rory Read also reportedly further added that the company is ready for a “tough fight” against Apple’s iPhone, and that Lenovo will have a “better brand position” that RIM, which hasn’t yet gained a significant foothold in China. That’s certainly plenty ambitious for a company new to the cellphone space, and should no doubt only further fuel those rumors of a certain acquisition. In other le news, Lenovo also apparently further demonstrated the tweaked version of Android that the handset will use (first seen at CES), and it has shown off its own app store for the first time, which can already be browsed at the site linked below.

Lenovo talks up LePhone, shows off app store ahead of May launch originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 18

Confused pig face mobile phone has paw print buttons, Winnie the Pooh sticker

Posted in: cellphone, chinese, phone, Today's Chili

Oh China, how we love the gadgets you produce. Particularly those of the homegrown variety. We can’t say we spotted this pig face mobile during our recent jaunt through the gadget sectors of Hong Kong, but boy, do we wish we had. In one of the most extreme cases of product confusion ever, it looks as if we’ve got a clamshell phone with the face of a pig, a 0.3 megapixel camera, light-up eyes, a smattering of misplaced Walt Disney logos, paw print send / end buttons and rear speakers, and a random Winnie the Pooh sticker on the rear — you know, to really cap things off. We’re guessing this is some failed attempt to generate yet another KIRF Disney phone, but seriously, a glowing pig? Hello Kitty is not pleased.

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Confused pig face mobile phone has paw print buttons, Winnie the Pooh sticker originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 18 Apr 2010 02:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 16

The Engadget Show: Inside the gadget markets of China, part one – Hong Kong

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China may have its ups and downs, but there’s no denying that it’s a geeky wonderland for Engadget advocates. Oh, and we’re not just talking about KIRFs either — this country of 1.3 billion people has a lot more tech love to offer. In this first episode of a two-part series, we’ll be showing you around the two hottest gadget districts of Hong Kong — Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po. By the end of this you’ll probably be sick of cramped street markets and computer shopping malls, but hey, just be thankful that you weren’t the one who went through all that trouble and jet lag.

Host: Richard Lai
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Apr 14

National Labor Committee report on Chinese CE factories uncovers deplorable conditions

Posted in: BestBuy, HP, Microsoft, Today's Chili


Yesterday, the National Labor Committee produced a report on the working conditions at the KYE Factory in Dongguan City, Guangdong, China. KYE operates (like many factories in China) a live-work facility and generated sales of $400 million in 2008. KYE manufactures outsourced products for HP, Best Buy, Samsung, Foxconn, Acer, Logitech, and ASUS. Their largest customer, however, is reportedly Microsoft. The report details some of what we’ve come to expect in stories of labor abuses — near children, most of them women, working for 16 or 17 hours a day, living in nearly deplorable conditions, for less than a dollar an hour — all so that the world’s ever-growing need for / addiction to consumer electronics can be fed. Now, the gadget industry isn’t the only offender by a stretch — but it’s quickly becoming one of the largest (in addition to producing a truly horrific amount of toxic garbage). After the break are some choice facts from the report that our readers might be interested in ingesting, so read on.

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National Labor Committee report on Chinese CE factories uncovers deplorable conditions originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 12

Dell Mini 3T1 and Mini 3iX 3G phones spotted with Chinese mobile regulator

Posted in: Android, Today's Chili

If we need another reason to be envious of Chinese residents, it’d be the premium treatment that they’re getting from Dell these days. Spotted on Chinese mobile regulator TENAA’s website are two 3G phones from seemingly different design departments — the never-before-seen Mini 3T1 (pictured) is a “TD-SCDMA / GSM dual-mode cellphone” that “supports HSDPA,” dons a 2-megapixel camera on the back plus a front-facing one, and we’re betting on Ophone for the OS; the second device is the familiar Mini 3iX (an exotic cousin of AT&T’s Aero) that will sport the same old WCDMA radio and WAPI (the Chinese equivalent of WiFi). No word on availability of either handsets in China yet, but hey, who cares when the Streak is on the horizon?

Update: on the same website we also dug up the Mini 3iW — essentially the Mini 3i (so just 2G and no WiFi) but with the additional WAPI radio.

Gallery: Dell Mini 3T1 and Mini 3iX 3G phones spotted on Chinese mobile regulator’s website

Dell Mini 3T1 and Mini 3iX 3G phones spotted with Chinese mobile regulator originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 05

Keepin’ it real fake: Dell Adamo and HP Mini 5102 feel the knock-off effect

Posted in: HP, kirf, Today's Chili
Shanzhai Dell Adamos have been popping up quite a bit lately. We’ve seen these things in both white and black (um, Onyx), and now MIC Gadget has hepped us to a red model (try getting that from Dell!) that features an 11.6-inch (1366 x 768) display, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive and either an Atom N450 processor with GMA 3150 graphics or a 1.2GHz Intel Celeron ULV processor and GMA X4500 graphics. The former will run you 1,900 yuan (about $280), and the latter 2,600 yuan (about $380). If that ain’t enough for all of you Shanzhai freaks, we’ve also spotted yet another HP Mini knock-off, this time branded Phecda and sporting a brilliant blue paint job. The source doesn’t mention a price, but we’re guessing that the device — which features a 1.66GHz Atom N450 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, and 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi will run you no more than about $360. It does mention, however, that you can order one with an HP logo — that’ll cost you an extra 10 yuan (or about seven cents). That’s what industry insiders call “the HP tax.”

Keepin’ it real fake: Dell Adamo and HP Mini 5102 feel the knock-off effect originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 31

Rockchip’s prototype RK2808-powered Android smartphone spotted… finally!

Posted in: Android, prototype, smartphone, Today's Chili
The Ramos W7 Android-powered MID has come to pass, but for the last year one question’s remained: where is that RK2808-based handset we were promised? Finally Rockchip has provided us with some pictures of its prototype called, of all things, Smart Phone. There is a dearth of specs at the present time, but from what we do know it will have a predictable emphasis on multimedia playback (including H.264, RMVB, MPEG-4, AVS, WMV9, and 720p video). If you’re a manufacturer (or would like to be), drop ’em a line — presumably, you’ll be able to get more complete specifications. And then be sure to drop us an email with the info. We’d appreciate it!

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Rockchip’s prototype RK2808-powered Android smartphone spotted… finally! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 29

Creation Tech’s $65 UMPC is cheap and unlovable

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If you’re in the market for another Vivienne Tam-designed masterpiece, keep looking! Coming straight outta Shenzhen, Creation Tech’s CTEB7G is a 7-inch UMPC featuring damn near everything you could reasonably expect from a $65 UMPC, including a 533MHz VIA VT 8505 CPU, 128MB RAM, 2GB flash storage, 7-inch (800 x 600) display, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Ethernet, keyboard with built-in touchpad, three USB 2.0 ports, SD card slot, built-in speaker, microphone, and Windows CE 6.0. This thing is underpowered and underpriced, and it looks it — but we’re sure that Ruslan Kogan can find an excuse to rebadge it nonetheless. Please direct all order inquiries to the source link below.

Creation Tech’s $65 UMPC is cheap and unlovable originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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