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Assault on Intellectual Property – It Pays to be Paranoid

Posted in AAPL, Apple, Foxconn Hon Hai, Google, iClones, iPad on Feb 18th, 2010

They really are out to get you (your IP)! Today’s link-bait award goes to Silicon Alley Insider for this gem of a headline – Reuters Reporter Assaulted While Investigating Apple’s Top-Secret China Suppliers Reuters set out to do a mini exposé on Apple’s (AAPL) secrecy and security policies and the tactics Apple uses to guard its [...]

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iPhonAsia Travelogue Part 3: Into the heart of darkness – shopping the Beijing iPhone blackmarket

Posted in Apple, China, China Unicom, iClones, iPhone, Shanghai, Shanzhai ji on Nov 16th, 2009

The black/grey markets in Beijing will blow your mind! On Saturday and Sunday (November 14/15) I had a chance to do a bit of undercover work. I hired a guide to help me navigate the Zhongguancun (pronounces “Djong Guan Tsun”) shopping mall maze – Hailong, Dinghao and e-World Kemao. Jennifer, my guide/interpreter, was in the market for [...]

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“Scary real” bandit phones (Shanzhai ji) on the market

Posted in China, iClones, iPhone, iPhone in China, Shanzhai ji on Nov 7th, 2009

Buyer beware in China There are many enterprising bandit phone entrepreneurs in China who make their living by replicating popular handsets. These pretty on the outside but crippled underneath phones often bear a striking resemblance to the genuine article. But the money spent on outside polish is saved on the internal software and componentry. The [...]

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"They [Apple's lawyers] came at me guns blazing"

Posted in iClones, iPhone on Apr 24th, 2008

…… ………………………………………… …… Digital Playworld exec throws a tantrum after he’s caught trying to sell iClones See full article via redferret > HERE See related article… Meizu gets shutdown in Germany > HERE EXCERPT via redferret … Apple lawyers have apparently been busy for the past few months destroying iPhone clone sellers in the UK who [...]

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MyPhone iClone

Posted in Blackmarket, China, iClones, iPhone on Feb 9th, 2008

The MyPhone … another embarrassing iClone The MyPhone is another cosmetic iPhone replica. Gray market OEMs have no fear of government crackdown. Hence expect more of these pretty on the outside but crippled underneath iPhone wannabes. Solid Broadband Corporation is the brainchild behind the new phone > My|Phone website Apple’s iPhone can be mass produced [...]

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