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Originally Posted by Alexander Turcic
China's ability to produce indistinguishable replicas of any moment’s must-have gadget is legendary. Hence it was only a matter of time before we would see the first Kindle look-alike coming from the Far East country. Tech-On is reporting that Founder Group, a major Chinese technology conglomerate, has demonstrated an e-book reader that looks very much like our beloved Kindle 2.
It will be interesting to see how Amazon is going to react to this development. Remember, the company has been awarded a patent that protects the look and feel of the Kindle shell.
The Chinese e-book reader, which name we assume is WeFound, is said to be released in China by the end of this year at a price of around $210. It will also come with a SIM card allowing the user to directly download e-books from an e-book portal.
Thanks to eagle-eyed MobileReader lee1234 for the tip! |
Now, I'm almost certain that this is a stupid question, but I'm going to ask it anyway. What is the point of having an English keyboard on a product being marketed to a Chinese speaking (and reading) community??
I mean, I know they plan to gray market them over here, but with all the Chinese characters on the screen, and on the marketing information on the booth, wouldn't you think they'd have a Chinese keyboard of some kind?? Or does everyone over there know how to read and write Chinese using the English style keyboard?
Yeah, I know .... stupid question. The answer is obvious. I just don't happen to be able to see it.
And .... looking back over other posts to this thread, the answer is obvious and the question stupid ... but really (?) everyone writes or types rather Chinese characters using the English keyboard?? I give up .... those people are scary smart!