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The P88: iPad cloned before release?

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NewsBytes
NewsBytes Original post #1
Feb 2, 2010 at 8:54 AM
 
Apple learnt from its last mistake (read iPhone-Cisco fiasco) and refrained itself from naming their device the obvious iTablet, (though this compelled them to give it a name which will be a subject of joke for weeks to come). But it seems that they were not careful enough to check for existing patented designs. In what may be the first case of a manufacturer cloning a device which was not even released, Shenzhen Dragon Brother Industrial cloned the Apple iPad three months before its launch.
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