In our “Freaky Friday” column we step outside of our tech boundaries once a week and bring you some of the more flamboyant examples of shanzhai culture! Here are some examples of extreme of Eco-conscious. The idea is that we should we should try to reuse absolutely everything, not least of all the used boxes and cartons that we invariably accumulate, has really resonated with a restaurant owner in Central Taiwan

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The Fei Yang F052 is a very detailed copy of BlackBerry’s flagship low-end series, the Curve. At first glance, the F052 closely resembles the BlackBerry 8520 – the same big screen, full keyboard, piano paint plastic, and rubber trim design. But as it turns out, the similarities don’t stop at the looks…

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Victims in Beijing… victorious in Vancouver Alibaba news has done a little piece on the shanzhai phone phenomena

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If the recent conflict between Google and China has made you presume that the future of Android in China is gloomy, you need to think again. Lemote Technology, based in China’s Jiangsu province, has shown keen interest in Google Android. They are tweaking the OS to run it on their upcoming netbook powered with the domestic chip, Loongson

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Freescale have announced their latest System-on-Chip product, the i.MX508 which is an affordable solution combining a CortexA9 ARM core with a hardware Vizplex controller, making it ideal for e-reader products at sub-100 dollar price points. Could an adjusted price point open up the e-reader to an audience wide enough to stop it becoming a foot-note in the history of failed device categories? Freescale hopes so.

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This is the Energy 888D – a new, cylindrical cell phone from the shanzhai players in Shenzhen. In the past we’ve seen bizarrely shaped phones, phones in the shape of cartoon characters, yesterday we featured a square phone, but this is the first time we’ve seen one with a fully curved display

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Apple and Rudyard know it’s a jungle out there On the face of it Apple’s patent lawsuit is another volley off the bow of a proud ship defending itself against competition from HTC and their staunch rear guard supporter Google . In the bigger scheme of things it could also be viewed as part of an East vs West, slave vs master, encumbant vs up’n comer effort of an aging player in the establishment trying to maintain its American imperialist domination over a younger, hungry, Eastern competitor.

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Making a clone from an original might earn you accolades in China but turning an original piece into clone might land you behind bars. This has happened to one citizen who unfortunately shares the same name of a writer here on Shanzhai.com!

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The AfPak (Afghanistan-Pakistan border) region in Asia always gets international headlines for the wrong reasons.

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TESO iPad clone running Windows 7 on Intel’s Pineview Here are some more images of an iPad clone.

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