Keepin' it real fake, part CXVI: Tilt gets shamelessly aped

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Keepin' it real fake, part CXVI: Tilt gets shamelessly aped

by Darren Murph posted Apr 7th 2008 at 5:57AM

As the bar for really, truly ripping another product off gets ratcheted up, leave it to Awang to make sure it keeps pace. The A9000 handset makes no attempt to veil itself from being seen as the impostor that it truly is, featuring the same QWERTY keypad, general design and tilt-ability as the long-established AT&T Tilt. Judging by the looks of things, those not ashamed with carrying around a Class-A wannabe will find Windows Mobile ("or similar") under the hood, a T-Flash expansion slot, built-in camera and a lovely stylus for good measure. We've seen creativity get slapped in the face before, but this is a bona fide low blow.

[Thanks, Steve]

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, Others

Tags: a9000, Awang, awanga9000, htc, kirf, knockoff, ripoff, tilt

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Juice @ Apr 7th 2008 8:38AM

OMG that is funny. Does it have drivers?

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James @ Apr 7th 2008 9:39AM

Video drivers! ^_^

--James

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fl3tch3r @ Apr 7th 2008 9:42AM

Got love that service tag to. "TV Mobile" in the same font as T-Mobile. Spectacular. I can't wait for them to come out with the "ATT&T" version! Haha..

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Razor1973 @ Apr 7th 2008 9:48AM

Oh, shit! "TV" is in magenta!

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Big Sam @ Apr 7th 2008 11:42AM

I was thinking the same thing

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Dave @ Apr 7th 2008 10:40AM

why is the page translated from Japanese? Please tell me this is another China ripoff, not Japan!

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GL @ Apr 7th 2008 6:14PM

Dang! I knew someone would post something about the drivers! You guys all beat me to it!

There's a thread on xda that's having pretty good progress on this matter with the drivers...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=381254

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NuShrike @ Apr 7th 2008 8:06PM

Those benchmarks are pretty much established to be FAKED!

So did these copycats duplicate the lack of drivers too?

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jay @ Apr 8th 2008 10:39AM

I had the fortune/misfortune of owning a tilt for 1.5 months, thankfully I managed to craigslist it at a $10 loss(nice!!!).

I havent kept up with the driver saga, so is the bounty up to 10K now?

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Momotar0 @ Apr 8th 2008 1:11PM

Ahhh...the Chinese, shamelessly imitating other people's tech, just like they are going to shamelessly imitate a country worthy of hosting the Olympics.

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