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DEFINITION: Shanzai [San-zai -alt. sp.Shanzhai] 1. mountain fortress/bandit 2. a vendor, who operates a business without observing the traditional rules or practices often resulting in innovative and unusual products or business models.
DEFINITION: Shanzai [San-zai -alt. sp.Shanzhai] 1. mountain fortress/bandit 2. a vendor, who operates a business without observing the traditional rules or practices often resulting in innovative and unusual products or business models.
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 We’ve written several times in the past on the rumors and stories floating around about a possible Apple tablet device. Apple themselves on their recent fourth-quarter earnings call helped to fuel the rumors by suggesting that they expected to see abnormal increases in Q1 2010 air freight costs that have “nothing to do with iPhone or iPod”. So, if a tablet is in the wings, what does it look like? Perhaps a little like this device from one of the bigger shanzhai players. The P88 from Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co. is quite a simple design featuring a 10.2” 1024x600 touch screen. In a country where rumors and word of mouth are king, has someone at Great Long Bro. got early word on what the Apple device will look like? It wouldn’t be the first time a “clone” has appeared in China before the launch of the real product.
 A few specs… CPU: Intel Atom 1.6GHz RAM: 1GB HD: 160GB Weight: 1.03kg Dimensions: 280×180×22mm Ports: 3xUSB, VGA, RJ-45, card-reader, earphone, mic. Connectivity: Wi-Fi, reserved 3G and GPS module space Other: Metal bracket and stylus Battery life: around 1.5hrs Price: just under USD 440  Western Opportunity Analysis: There is a lot of conjecture that any Apple device coming out will be sporting the same 10.2” screen size as the P88. Apart from that, I can’t imagine a tablet device from Apple will look like this – too plain, too thick, too under-powered. With a battery life of only 1.5hrs (can that be right?) and a price tag of over USD 400, I can’t imagine people are going to be queuing outside stores to get their hands on this device in the West.    Conclusions:
It’s by no means a terrible product, but at the end of the day I think most people would be shocked if it turned out this was an Apple tablet clone. Related articles
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Its shanzhai... so undoubtedly it IS running Windows (probably XP). :)
Ha ha ha.. in a way I guess you're right... :)
...except for of course our Asian analysis, Op-eds, Freaky Friday and China Buzz stuff.. yeah... and the fact we try to take an ever so "slightly" deeper look at the products and their potential for Western consumers instead of just show off a KIRF item.
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Unbelievable.
Their employees and bosses are copying whatever their visits to enterprises/fairs/trade shows yield. Nearly every design, hardware, software and even the commercials of Apple are rip-offs.
When a Chinese company does it, it's called plagiarism. When Apple does it, they're "inspired", and the respective products is called a "tribute" to whoever they stole the ideas from.
Besides those models are only worth around 230-299$ but is sold at 499++
Sorry, but they are at best crappy like hell. The demo model of the P88 I had broke down and the sale guy got "pissed" at me, for "breaking" the touch pad - basically tried to open IE by double clicking on the icon, by lightly tapping on the screen.
IT is a DON'T BUY! besides there are no innovation in this here, all components are off the shelve components.
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