Original URL: https://www.theregister.com/2010/06/14/chinese_punt_ipad_alike/

Cheeky Chinese punt mini Android-based iPad

'NEW Touch 7 Inch Mini Notebook Tablet Laptop PC MID Google Android OS Map Notebook Like Mini Ipad!!'

By Tony Smith

Posted in Personal Tech, 14th June 2010 10:34 GMT

Personally, I like my iPad, but I can well see why rather a lot of folk would prefer something that's more compact, can take phone calls and runs Android. Enter Chinese knock-off merchants who this morning emailed Reg Hardware with the following tasty item.

It's a 7in, Android 1.5-based "Mini notebook tablet laptop MID" that is "like mini iPad!!"

Yes, that's two exclamation marks at the end. Other key features include an 800 x 480 touchscreen, 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, two mini USB ports - one 2.0, the other 1.1 - a Mini SD card bay, 2GB of Flash storage and a 600MHz ARM-based RockChip 2808 processor.

Apad

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The whole lot weighs 160g.

All this can be yours, it says here, for $148 (£102) for one, or $119 (£82) if you can round up 99 friends who want one too.

Does the back-to-front keyboard in the piccy cost extra, we wonder? You can buy an iPad Dock-style dock for the "Apad", and a leather cover.

The base price doesn't include 3G functionality, but we're sure the supplier will be willing to negotiate on that one. Likewise, the amount of on-board storage you want.

Apad

Mini USB and Mini SD connections included

Read more - or make an offer - with supplier FirstSing here. ®