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kiwi_2005
07-14-11, 08:13 AM
This guy is :|\\

An enterprising Chinese man has come up with a solution for gadget-crazy people who desperately want Apple's popular iPad tablet computer but cannot afford it - DIY.

In a 20-minute video posted on Youku - the Chinese YouTube equivalent - Liu Xinying demonstrates how to assemble an iPad look-a-like using computer parts, a touch screen and a case with a keypad, to the sound of metal music.

At the end of the video dubbed "DIY IPAD 3", the IT whizz shows off the finished version - an apparently functional tablet computer that looks like a thick iPad but runs on Windows, an operating system made by rival Microsoft.

News of Liu's apparent feat spread on several foreign and Chinese technology websites, as well as on the nation's Twitter-like Weibo service.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10738457

the_tyrant
07-14-11, 08:16 AM
I saw this earlier
its really interesting, sure beats my stupid HP touchsmart

Feuer Frei!
07-14-11, 08:20 AM
I reckon any minute now he will be getting a knock on the door by some 'suits'.

KaptCosper
07-15-11, 01:44 PM
I think I'd rather have the Chinese guys "MicroPad" than an Ipad

MH
07-15-11, 01:52 PM
I think I'd rather have the Chinese guys "MicroPad" than an Ipad

Agree here.

Ipad is this:

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTC8gN4WLnnAysaSJPa9pZCRHN4fVHZO m8RIMf1lrVXX70diiFNzQ
but looks sexy.