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$99 iPad Mini clone already surfaced in China

It's been mere days since the Apple iPad Mini was announced, but a crazy-cheap clone has already arrived.

China's Goophone will reportedly release the "Goopad Mini" for $99 in November. Ironically, the iPad look-alike appears to be running a customized version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Goophone isn't your typical sketchy, fly-by-night knockoff shop. In fact, it was forward thinking -- and downright ballsy -- enough to grab a patent for the rumored iPhone 5 design in China prior to the phone's release. … Read more

Chinese firm releasing Android-running 'iPhone 5'

You can wait around like everybody else, languishing in a long line at the Apple Store, or you can zip over to Hong Kong and pick up an iPhone 5 well before everybody else. Sounds great, right? There's a catch.

The iPhone 5 you're getting may look like it matches all the leaked information of Apple's upcoming smartphone, but dig a little deeper and you'll notice some differences. Like Android. In a bizarre mixture of technology rivals, the phone is called the Goophone I5. … Read more