iPhone: Attack of the Clones!

With the release of the highly anticipated Apple iPhone just around the corner, plenty of iPhone Clones have been popping up in the market. Take for example, the picture above which is a doppleganger of the Apple iPhone made by a Chinese manufacturer (who else!) and is called the Meizu miniOne. It sports a 3.3 inch VGA touch screen, runs on GSM networks and is set for release at the end of this year.

Other companies are also following suit with their own iPhone Clones. Auzy-Auction has two different iPhone like offerings for sale on eBay - one that's a more traditional iPod-looking phone, and one that strongly resembles the Pioneer DreamVision from one of my earlier posts.

I've no idea why the Apple iPhone sparks so much interest in the general public - mp3 player phones have been around for years now. Just look at the great range of Walkman phones from Sony or the N series phones from Nokia sporting mp3 players, radio, games, PDA functions, web browsing ability and even 3.2 megapixel cameras crammed into the one device! The Apple iPhone's against some tough competition, and I've got to say the feature set of the iPhone is poorly lacking in comparison to what's already out on the market.