Fake Pre is part BlackBerry, part iPhone 26
If a Palm Pre, an iPhone 4 and a BlackBerry were to exchange genetic material deep within the labs of an uninspired engineer to create an unholy spawn, we suspect that the end result would be something similar to the device pictured in the image above. Hailing from China, this Pre knock-off sports a host of inspiring capabilities such as a non-touch sensitive "home" button that should look familiar to you iPhone owners out there accompanying a Fake BlackBerry or fake iOS operating system, dual SIM capability, an FM Radio, SD card support, dual camera and a rockin' 3 hours of talk time.
While it's nowhere near as good as the original (okay, we actually wouldn't mind dual cameras or two SIM slots), it's sure better than some other knockoffs we've seen.
Via: Engadget; Source: MICgadget, m8cool; Thanks to cash111 for the tip!
26 Comments
Wow!! Its the best of all worlds lol
Looks like the worst of all worlds to me. No WebOS? No way.
Looks like the worst of all worlds to me. No WebOS? No way.
Looks like the worst of all worlds to me. No WebOS? No way.
Apple is a fruit.
....Blackberry is a fruit.
........But there is one fruit that is better than them all:
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Geez, I feel embarrassed for you, for that one...
LOL -- Yeah, I know. But desperate times call for desperate product names. :-)
Think you've got a better name? Post it on the precentral forums in this thread...
http://forums.precentral.net/showthread.php?p=2629834#post2629834
(shortened URL) http://bit.ly/bVqcxn
LOL, while cheesy
Pomegranate Phone
http://www.pomegranatephone.com/
Hysterical! They stole my name!
isn't it odd that china knockoffs seem to get the picture of what the hardware shouldve been?
Hardware, sure. OS? Gawd no.
Ha! Old news for slow days!!!1
yeah.... It's the ipoodapre
Missing the best part...webOS
Will we see patches, tweaks & themes on PreCentral for this beauty? ;)
duble poste
hold the press.... Dual sim is illegal. Lets send the apple police to raid their HQ.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/27/dual-sim-iphone-4-case-gives-your-mul...
ohh... The whole device is illegal ;-)
seen this last night on Engadget and threw up a little in my mouth
LoL
So is that a front facing camera or just a proximity sensor?
You've got to give it to these guys for just being entertaining with their horrible knock-offs . . . .
Edit: Heh, should have read it in more detail, yeah dual camera.
Beware of the lead paint. Lol
This device is so strange, and risky. Who would take a chance on a device such as this? The support and updates is just as risky. So, no thanks. I'm just calmly waiting for the next Palm phone. Perhaps the HP/Palm "RoadRunner".
does this actually run the respective operating system apps? Like does it run blackberry messenger and does it run, whatever iphones run, i guess iphone apps? Or is it just a skin like webos theme.
The Chinese apparently already have the Slate in production too.
http://shanzhaiben.com/89/n-4589.html
i wish i had dual cameras
Well, I wouldn't mind having the SD slot on my Pr?. In fact, I am embarrassed that this has one and my Pr? doesn't. In fact now that I think about it all my previous Palm devices with the exception of my Zire had SD slots. :/ (dual cammera would be cool too).