Posts Tagged ‘oPhone’

Don’t even dare to dream of Dell’s Ophone mini3i

Don't even dare to dream of Dell's Ophone mini3i

Don't ask me how Dell's Ophone mini3i looks like, no one has seen that ghostlike smartphone we all have blabbed a lot about.  The wait is over, we'll be seeing pictures of the smartphone very soon, but won't be able to hold one in our hands as the company reportedly made it exclusively for China. The expected launch of this mini3i is anytime this week.  Dell has chosen China Mobiles (world's largest carrier) to distribute their first smartphone. Going by the name 'Ophone' I am betting it would be a multi-touch device (of course) that would somehow look like the iPhone or Read More...

Nokla and Nokia, Meizu, oPhone and the iPhone

Nokla and Nokia, Meizu, oPhone and the iPhone

To clone is the way of smartphones makers. We reported about the cloning of the iPhone in China with a fancy name as Meizu. oPhone from Lenovo though is not a clone of the iPhone, something looks so familiar between the two and surprisingly the oPhone is rumored to be only for Chinese customers. This time around, we found out that the iPhone is not the only juicy target of mobile cloners in China. Hong Kong based Nokla has successfully copied Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic. They have not spared even the slightest curve and tweaks of the original. Oh yeah, that Nokla Read More...

Lenovo’s oPhone OS looks too Apple-ish and iPhone-ish

Lenovo's oPhone OS looks too Apple-ish and iPhone-ish

The images, I thought could be that of some iPhone clones. Wrong guess, a Chinese blog claims that the images are Lenovo's Android oPhone OS. What a clone! Look at the rounded square application icons? Don't you think it is so iPhone-ish.  Jump to the keypad page in the phone interface, don't tell me this is the final design of the OS. It is likely that smartphone manufacturers consider making something that looks like the iPhone as the yardstick of popularity and success. However, this may not be the right strategy to woo iPhone haters with something that strikingly looks like the iPhone. And yes, even the Read More...