Mr Worf, not a CHANCE of them embracing piracy. The big companies only see it as a little guy taking money out of their coffers. When caught, punishment will be as swift and severe as they can make it.
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > They were running windows 7. China doesn't enforce any anti-piracy > legislation. So it is technically legal to make pirated versions of anything > there. > > The thing that I always find interesting is the speed at which they are > able to crank out these pirated versions of hardware and software. I also > like that they often improve on product ideas. They basically created an > entire product using the Ipad formfactor in a few months. > > The device in the picture improves on the limitations of the Ipad and may > be even better than the ipad. (3 usb ports, windows compatibility etc.) I > think Apple and other companies have been missing out on a product ideas. > Instead of fighting piracy of this type, they should embrace it. > > On a side note, I was watching a tech show the other day and they were > discussing a licensing conflict between NVidia and Intel. NVidia's GPU > processor is very fast and uses several areas of Intel's chip architecture > that is proprietary. Intel has been trying to squeeze Nvidia out of the > game, because I think they are trying to come out with their own GPU / CPU > chipset. (they didn't go into why Intel has been flexing on Nvidia.) Apple > would like to use the Nvidia/Intel chipset but they are caught in the middle > of these two warring factions. Which is why the Ipad and Iphone doesn't have > it yet. > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Not much cheaper, but they might still turn a profit. Hope that they're >> gotten all the software in line, or Apple might figure out how to shut them >> down. >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Pirates rewrite script for Apple's China iPad launch >>> James >>> Pomfret<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=james.pomfret&;>and >>> Melanie >>> Lee<http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=melanie.lee&;> >>> SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI >>> Mon Apr 26, 2010 3:28pm EDT >>> Related News >>> >>> - UPDATE 2-Apple says iPad 3G available on April >>> 30<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2025826220100420> >>> Tue, Apr 20 2010 >>> - Apple delays iPad's international >>> launch<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63D20V20100414> >>> Wed, Apr 14 2010 >>> - UPDATE 4-Apple delays iPad's international >>> launch<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1414161320100414> >>> Wed, Apr 14 2010 >>> - Apple's iPad takes video gaming >>> seriously<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63728S20100408> >>> Thu, Apr 8 2010 >>> - Apple's iPad debuts strongly, but key tests >>> remain<http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6300SY20100406> >>> Tue, Apr 6 2010 >>> >>> < 2 / 2 > >>> View Full >>> Size<http://www.reuters.com/article/slideshow?articleId=USTRE63P0B620100426#a=2> >>> [image: Main Image] >>> [image: Main Image] >>> >>> SHENZHEN/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Just three weeks after the global launch, >>> bootleg versions of Apple Inc's hot-selling >>> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>tablet PCs have begun showing up >>> on the shelves of online and real-world >>> shops in piracy-prone China. >>> >>> Technology <http://www.reuters.com/news/technology> | >>> Media<http://www.reuters.com/news/media> >>> >>> Apple recently delayed the iPad <http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>'s >>> international launch after huge demand in the United States caught the maker >>> of trendy iPhones and MacBooks off guard. But Chinese consumers looking for >>> knock-offs of the company's latest must-have product need look no further >>> than this teeming electronics mall in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese >>> boomtown near the border with Hong Kong. >>> >>> Here, tiny shops are stuffed with pirated versions of everything: from >>> Microsoft's newest Windows 7 operating system, a steal at $2 each, to a >>> range of Apple products, from iPhones to MacBooks and the lightweight >>> MacBook Air. >>> >>> After extensive queries with multiple shopkeepers, one surnamed Lin >>> offered the sought-after item in a dark backroom on the market's fifth floor >>> away from the hustle and bustle. >>> >>> Hefty and thickset with three USB ports and a more rectangular shape than >>> the original, this knock-off with >>> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>aspirations, which runs a Windows >>> operating system, looks more like a giant >>> iPhone. It costs 2,800 yuan ($410), making it slightly cheaper than the >>> iPad's $499-$699 price tag. >>> >>> "This is just the first rough version," says Lin a crew-cut agent >>> speaking in bursts of quick-fire Cantonese. >>> >>> "While the shape isn't quite the same, the external appearance is very >>> similar to the iPad <http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>, so we don't >>> think it will affect our sales that much," he added, explaining the >>> difference was due to the difficulty sourcing matching parts because of the >>> quick two-month turnaround time for the first version's development. >>> >>> Hard-working Chinese bootleggers are rushing to fill a vacuum that won't >>> last for long, created by unexpectedly strong demand for the >>> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>in its first weeks on the market. >>> >>> The 10-inch entertainment device, on which one can read books, play music >>> and videos and surf the Internet, sold more than 500,000 in its first week >>> alone, and continued strong U.S. demand has led Apple to delay the product's >>> international launch to the end of April. >>> >>> Chinese counterfeiters have rushed to fill the >>> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>gap. >>> >>> Taobao, China's largest online marketplace, contains hundreds of listings >>> for the coveted product, many real but some dubiously labeled as "China >>> goods," with claims to have even better features than the real deal. >>> >>> Like the models in the Shenzhen market, these fake >>> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>s >>> also retail for around 2800 yuan each, compared with 4,000-6,000 yuan for >>> those marketed as real. >>> >>> Analysts and gadget fanatics expect the >>> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>to do well in Asia given Apple's >>> strong branding and the rising number of >>> affluent middle class consumers. But few are surprised by the quick >>> appearance of a counterfeit version in a country where pirated movies often >>> appear in markets in the same week of their theatrical release. >>> >>> "China is basically a market that has the ability to clone everything, so >>> it's really not surprising," said Edward Yu, chief executive of >>> Beijing-based researcher Analysys International. >>> >>> "I don't think piracy is a bad thing for the >>> iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>given that China has a huge >>> population, maybe the clone iPads will give more >>> of the potential users a look and feel." >>> >>> Back in Shenzhen, Lin said factories around China's Pearl River Delta -- >>> the country's biggest export manufacturing hub -- were working hard on an >>> updated version of the pirated iPad<http://www.reuters.com/subjects/ipad>s >>> to feed strong demand. >>> >>> "This is just the first rough version," Lin said. "Eventually, the >>> factories will be able to make a much better copy." >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > -- "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
