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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 unboxing? Looks fake to us

Chris Davies, Sep 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

Do you love Sony Ericsson enough to fake an unboxing of their upcoming Android smartphone? Now there's no official confirmation that mobile-nova's unboxing set of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X3 - aka "Rachel" - isn't legitimate, but having peered through our handy loupe at the pictures we're not convinced that this is the real deal. Read The Full Story

UK could become key counterfeit route after trademark ruling

Chris Davies, Aug 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

While endearingly janky devices like the Nokla E97 aren't usually to be found on Western shelves, that could change thanks to a key High Court ruling in the UK. The case had been brought by Nokia, who alleged that Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the UK had acted unfairly when allowing a shipment of counterfeit goods bearing Nokia's trademarks free passage through the country after discovering they were not intended for sale there. Read The Full Story

Nokla E97 blends LG Versa and concept phone for awesome knockoff

Chris Davies, Aug 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Resembling the offspring of a Samsung Omnia, the Nokia E97 concept from back in April and Verizon's LG Versa, this glorious Chinese knock-off is the Nokla E97. A touchscreen handset section with a 2.2-inch display, camera and Bluetooth can be hooked up to a folding QWERTY keyboard section for messaging. Read The Full Story

Kindle copy to launch in China by end of year

Chris Davies, Jul 13th 2009 Discuss [0]

You have to admire Peking University's Founder Group: when asked about any connection between their ebook device, shown here, and Amazon's Kindle 2, they bravely told those at the Digital Publishing Fair in Tokyo that "it has nothing to do with the Kindle." Unfortunately they also seem a little confused about their own hardware specifications; asked about the E Ink panel size, and they said it was "unclear". Happily Tech-On!'s Takuya Otani had brought a ruler, and found it to be a Kindle-like 6-inches. Read The Full Story

Crunchpad “prototype” up for sale? We say fake

Chris Davies, Jul 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

We're not entirely sure what's going on here, but it looks as though a Chinese firm is attempting to sell what are claimed to be prototypes of the Crunchpad internet tablet. Reminiscent of the "Prototype B" design, rather than the newer renders TechCrunch have been displaying, the confusing product page and Windows OS leads us to suspect that this is more about borrowing Crunchpad hype than it is selling off prototype designs. Read The Full Story

Sony PS3 Slim leaked photos look pretty fake

Chris Davies, May 14th 2009 Discuss [1]

Is this the Sony PS3 Slim, narrowed-down follow up to the PlayStation 3? That's what workers in a Chinese manufacturing plant would like us to believe, but the jury as to the images' authenticity is still out. On offer is the PS3 Slim box art and several shots of the supposed casing. Read The Full Story

Nokia 5900 XpressMusic probably a fake

Chris Davies, May 11th 2009 Discuss [0]

Remember those photos purporting to show Nokia's 5900 XpressMusic phone? At the time we weren't sure whether they were a legitimate leak or a Chinese faux-phone; now Kunal over at Tech Ticker has been training his eagle-eye over the photos, and flagging up some obvious issues. The biggest is shown here: the memory card slot appears to be labeled "TFLASH", presumably for Transflash. Read The Full Story

Nokia 5900 XpressMusic leaks?

Chris Davies, May 8th 2009 Discuss [2]

Images claiming to show Nokia's follow-up to the 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen cellphone, the Nokia 5900 XpressMusic, have leaked, and while there's no confirmation that these are legitimate they certainly look the part. Believed to include a larger, 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3.5mm headphone jack and 5-megapixel camera, the 5900 XpressMusic is expected to run the same Symbian S60 5th Edition OS as its predecessor. Read The Full Story

Nokia Aeon gets suspicious Dutch listing: early April Fools likely

Chris Davies, Mar 24th 2009 Discuss [0]

The Nokia Aeon was an obvious concept even when we first saw it, all the way back in 2006, but according to a Dutch newspaper online retailer Bestelmaar.nl will be exclusively offering the touchscreen handset from next week. In what seems to be the run-up to an April Fools' Day prank, both green and blue versions of the handset are listed for €799 each. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO P copycat ‘VAINO’ netbook

Chris Davies, Mar 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

As knock-offs go, this Sony VAIO P copycat - called the VAINO - is pretty blatant. Unfortunately there are no images of it next to the real thing, otherwise it'd become clear that the VAINO's 250 x 185 x 31mm dimensions are more your typical netbook scale than the long & thin VAIO P. Read The Full Story

Motorola Touch ZINE HD fakery revealed

Chris Davies, Mar 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

There was much excitement when the leaked image of the Motorola Touch ZINE HD showed up, with a general consensus that - if the image was real - it marked a new turning point for the beleaguered company. Unfortunately the innovation involved in creating the Touch ZINE HD looks like it wasn't actually Motorola's: instead, it's been lovingly pieced together from a Motorola E8 and a ZN5. Read The Full Story

Fake chips sold to US Military blamed for dangerous failures

Chris Davies, Oct 7th 2008 Discuss [0]

American security forces are facing a mass examination of their hardware, as an ongoing investigation discovers that counterfeit computer chips and other devices have been sold to the US government. According to a BusinessWeek report, recycled and fake microchips from Chinese vendors are being used - mistakenly or otherwise - in hardware distributed in America and bought, off the shelf, by the US military. Two separate incidents involving fighter jet malfunction are being unofficially blamed on fake chips billed as Maxim and Xicor products; the two manufacturers have denied any involvement with the shipments. Yet another incident describes how fake routers, branded Cisco, were used by various military agencies, heedless to the fact that each could have a covert "back door" through which their makers could access classified information. Read The Full Story