iPad released six month later than Chinese counterpart.

[bjre]

http://shanghaiist.com/2010/01/29/p88-chinese-ipad-clone-sues-apple.php

"I was very angry and flabbergasted when I saw the news of the iPad presentation two days ago... It is certainly our design. They've stolen because we present our P88 to everyone six months ago at the IFA (International Electronics Fair in Berlin)."

Sales of the P88 haven't been too bad, but "if the iPad enters the Chinese market, we will definitely take a hit," says Wu. He adds that he has already applied for a patent for the product last May -- a process that can take up to a year in China. "We'll have to follow the law," says Wu, admitting that it will be difficult to take on Apple in the United States, but "if the iPad enters the Chinese market, we will sue them this spring."

Apparently, the Great Long Brother isn't the only company mulling legal action against Apple. Japan's Fujitsu is also thinking of suing Apple. It claims that its its US subsidiary first launched the "iPad", a sleek handheld multimedia device with a 3.5-inch screen, way back in 2002.

Here is the video that shows the function of it(In Cantonese)

The Apple-ish 10.2 inch P-P-P88 tablet PC by Shenzhen Dragon Brother Industrial

It runs off an Intel Atom Mobile N270 CPU and has 1GB of DDR2 memory (expandable to 2GB) with 160GB HDD. The 10.2 inch touch screen is 1024×600 resolution and LED-backlit. It features Wifi b/g with optional 3G and has a 3-in-1 SD, MS and MMC card reader. It comes with tons of plugs — including 3 USB 2.0, mic jack, headphone jack, network cable and “external display interface.” The tablet weighs two and a quarter pounds and measures 11 x 7 x 0.87 inches.

Aside from trying to clone a, as of yet, unannounced device, the other fatal flaw they made trying to clone the Apple Tablet would be having it run Windows XP. There are some product shots that show it with Windows 7, but that’s still a swing and a miss. Of course SDBI isn’t trying to make an “actual” Apple Tablet clone, but we’ll see how close they’ve come design-wise in a few months. The main flaw in the P-P-P88 (aside from the model name) is that the battery life lasts an atrocious 90 minutes. It will sell for 2,300 Yuan ($338 US).

Edited January 30, 2010 by bjre

[Riverwind]

http://shanghaiist.com/2010/01/29/p88-chinese-ipad-clone-sues-apple.php

1) The concept of a tablet computer has been around for years. No one has 'rights' to that concept.

2) Apple copied the iPhone so resemblance to other tablets could only occur if those makers copied the iPhone concept.

3) It takes a lot of chutzpah for a chinese company to demand that their IP be respected considering the fact that IP theft is a standard business practice in China.

Edited January 30, 2010 by Riverwind

[Argus]

1) The concept of a tablet computer has been around for years. No one has 'rights' to that concept.

2) Apple copied the iPhone so resemblance to other tablets could only occur if those makers copied the iPhone concept.

3) It takes a lot of chutzpah for a chinese company to demand that their IP be respected considering the fact that IP theft is a standard business practice in China.

It's interesting that though we hear so much about China becoming hi tech, and all its hundreds of millions of people going gaga over technology we have yet to hear of China, of any Chinese organization or company actually coming out with anything new, any innovative product, any advance of any kind - except maybe hacking. The only thing Chinese companies are good at is stealing the designs of western companies - with the aid of the Chinese government, and then forging second rate copies.

[bjre]

It's interesting that though we hear so much about China becoming hi tech, and all its hundreds of millions of people going gaga over technology we have yet to hear of China, of any Chinese organization or company actually coming out with anything new, any innovative product, any advance of any kind - except maybe hacking. The only thing Chinese companies are good at is stealing the designs of western companies - with the aid of the Chinese government, and then forging second rate copies.

Can you steal that which doesn't exist?

It is just a company, need government? LOL.

Is that so difficult?

If I have money, I can do it for sure.

[Michael Hardner]

It's interesting that though we hear so much about China becoming hi tech, and all its hundreds of millions of people going gaga over technology we have yet to hear of China, of any Chinese organization or company actually coming out with anything new, any innovative product, any advance of any kind - except maybe hacking. The only thing Chinese companies are good at is stealing the designs of western companies - with the aid of the Chinese government, and then forging second rate copies.

It's a branch plant for the entire world.

[Born Free]

It's interesting that though we hear so much about China becoming hi tech, and all its hundreds of millions of people going gaga over technology we have yet to hear of China, of any Chinese organization or company actually coming out with anything new, any innovative product, any advance of any kind - except maybe hacking. The only thing Chinese companies are good at is stealing the designs of western companies - with the aid of the Chinese government, and then forging second rate copies.

Reverse engineering is China's specialty industry.

[Riverwind]

Can you steal that which doesn't exist?

I see nothing new in the link your gave. Tablet computers have been around since Microsoft released XP tablet in 2005.

[bjre]

I see nothing new in the link your gave. Tablet computers have been around since Microsoft released XP tablet in 2005.

They are different, each of the Dell one, the Great Long one, and the iPad has its own innovation.

The Dell one has a different joint between keyboard and the screen, that makes is looks different with ordinary laptop.

The Great Long one is thinner and lighter than the Dell one, and it has no keyboard, it uses touch screen, and it is with a pen as point device when you don't like to use finger directly.

The iPad has awesome animation effects and some other features. It is thinner and lighter. But the memory is too small (because it has no hard drive), and the ability to connect with other devices is poor and expensive and need too many special small parts that easy to become clumsy and lost, the monthly service cost is high, and iBook download cost is high. And they did not discuss with New York Times yet, don't know when will be the time and cost to read that as it was announced. And the reason why I don't like finger touch screen is 1) your finger will far easy to feel painful when you rub the screen directly long time than with a pen or with mouse or keyboard. 2) it will be hard to use it when you are outdoor in Winter (especially when you wear glove), the screen is easy to become dirty if you can not find a place to wash your hand when you need to use it, and you have to use 2 fingers to finish some operations although it looks cool.

Edited January 31, 2010 by bjre

[Riverwind]

The iPad has awesome animation effects and some other features. It is thinner and lighter.

In other word, your original claim that the iPad 'copied' the Chinese product is nonsense. They are different products built using a form factor that has been in use for years. Maybe the Chinese tablet maker understands the market better than Apple but I certainly would not bet on it. Edited January 31, 2010 by Riverwind