Hasta La Gadget!

We’ll hand it to whatever Chinese company conjured up the GAME-800 — there’s at least a smidgen of ingenuity here. Granted, we suspect it’s all for the worse, but we digress. The GAME-800 all-in-one handheld does just about everything save for make calls; we’re talking an MP5 (seriously) player, text and photo viewer, camera, NES / GBA emulator and even support for video playback. Internally, you’ll spot 4GB of storage, which complements the integrated SD expansion slot nicely. There’s also a TV output, 3.5-inch QVGA display, twin 3.5 millimeter headphone jacks and USB 2.0 connectivity. We might say it was actually worth he $69.99 asking price if not for our befuddlement relating to those awkwardly sorted directional arrows, but until we see support for an external game pad, we’ll pass.

[Via technabob]

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GAME-800 all-in-one handheld tries out a new control scheme originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Clean automobiles are starting to hit the streets of China, and just a few short months after BYD rolled its first plug-in hybrid out of the factory, Chery Automobile has followed suit… sort of, anyway. Unlike BYD’s alternative, the just announced S18 is purely electric, promising up to 150 kilometers on a single charge and a maximum speed of 120kph (around 72mph). The battery can be juiced from empty to full in around six hours using a standard 220-volt home outlet, while it can reach 80 percent capacity within just a half hour. Yuan Tao, vice president of Chery, confessed that the price would be “very suitable for families,” though he held back from giving specifics — you know, like an availability date, or a definite quantity of airbags.

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China’s Chery Automobile produces its first plug-in electric car originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here lately, we’ve been pretty impressed with just how awesome some of these Chinese knockoffs have been. In fact, we were beginning to wonder if the bona fide manufacturers weren’t in cahoots with some of these low-class acts. Thanks to China Grabber, we’re being reacquainted with the garbage that we once knew and loved, as the WebXpress handset is about as pathetic a rip of the 5800 XpressMusic as you could ever hope to see. Reportedly, it’s packing a 3-inch QVGA LCD, quad-band GSM radio, dual SIM slots, a 1.3 megapixel camera, video recorder, e-book reader and even some form of “health management” software. For $149.99, we’re almost tempted to order one just to see about the latter. Almost.

[Via PMPToday]

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Keepin’ it real fake, part CLXXXIII: WebXpress just a “Music” and “5800” shy of greatness originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 14 Feb 2009 15:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We don’t have to caution those familiar with the name “Meizu” that this may not be what it seems, but we’ll do it anyway for those new to the field. The outfit’s long, long, long awaited M8 appears to be on sale now for anyone with $439.99 and a remote desire to own one. However, we have seen this thing “on sale” before, but outside of a few anomalous reviews, we haven’t actually seen it ship to anyone in the US. In all honesty, we’d love nothing more than for this to be the real deal, but we’ve a sneaking suspicion that no one with half a brain is going to pull the trigger and pray for arrival. Though, the idea of surfing on top of one’s handset is surprisingly enticing, wouldn’t you agree?

[Thanks, Lance]

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Meizu M8 on sale for $440: buy at your own risk originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 12:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Look out, China — Lenovo’s all-too-sexy OPhone is about to land in the hands of unsuspecting China Mobile subscribers, or so says Reuters, anyway. The planet’s largest mobile carrier will reportedly launch the 3G handset sometime this quarter, though some reports are suggesting that development is being hampered as engineers struggle with creating a Chinese language version of the OS. Once launched, it will go down as the first Android-powered handset to operate on China’s home-cooked TD-SCDMA 3G network, but there’s no word on just how costly it’ll be. Not like cost is really a concern here, right?

[Via mocoNews, image courtesy of modmyGphone]

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Lenovo’s Android-powered OPhone to hit China Mobile this quarter originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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