July 2011
Family ties earn this Smart Cover knock-off a Samsung certification and a place on their store shelves
by alamat (via)Apple is suing “the copyist” Samsung because they “imitate the appearance of Apple’s products to capitalize on Apple’s success”. Be that as it may, the similarities between the two tech giant’s gadgets are nothing compared to what other Asian knockoffs are doing for a living. Like Anymode Corp., which is in the business of designing, manufacturing and selling a blatant Smart Cover rip-off, pictured above and below.
Chinese manufacturers reportedly using Apple-rejected displays for iPad clones
by alamat (via)Asian industry sources have suggested that second-grade touch panels that don’t pass Apple’s quality standards for the iPad 2 are making their way into Chinese “white-box” iPad clones, according to a new report.
August 2010
Steve Jobs Is Watching You: Apple Seeking to Patent Spyware | Electronic Frontier Foundation
by ghis (via)New patent from Apple to spy on its customers. Very scaring : the device can take a photo of your photo without you knowing and other kinds of creepy things.
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