The Apple-ish 10.2 inch P-P-P88 tablet PC by Shenzhen Dragon Brother Industrial
3:34 PM, Oct 13th, 2009 
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Can you clone that which doesn't exist?
In what may be the first case of a manufacturer trying to clone a product that doesn’t even exist yet, China company Shenzhen Dragon Brother Industrial has introduced their own “Apple Style” tablet — the P-P-P88 (catchy, eh?).
It runs off an Intel Atom Mobile N270 CPU and has 1GB of DDR2 memory (expandable to 2GB) with 160GB HDD. The 10.2 inch touch screen is 1024×600 resolution and LED-backlit. It features Wifi b/g with optional 3G and has a 3-in-1 SD, MS and MMC card reader. It comes with tons of plugs — including 3 USB 2.0, mic jack, headphone jack, network cable and “external display interface.” The tablet weighs two and a quarter pounds and measures 11 x 7 x 0.87 inches.
Aside from trying to clone a, as of yet, unannounced device, the other fatal flaw they made trying to clone the Apple Tablet would be having it run Windows XP. There are some product shots that show it with Windows 7, but that’s still a swing and a miss. Of course SDBI isn’t trying to make an “actual” Apple Tablet clone, but we’ll see how close they’ve come design-wise in a few months. The main flaw in the P-P-P88 (aside from the model name) is that the battery life lasts an atrocious 90 minutes. It will sell for 2,300 Yuan ($338 US).
Thanks to Cloned in China for the English version. See the full spectrum of pictures after the jump.
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battery sucks but rest is better then apple’s ipad.
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great .. at least a decent OS and a CPU that doesn’t normally run in a _P_H_O_N_E_.
I like the idea that it has the usb port and larger size of HDD and those are better than iPad.
I wish it had the win7 instead of xp
On their website they show one (the P-P-I88) with a better battery life and win7 just no buy link yet on it, overall really disappointed with the Ipad.. got a Ipod touch for the kid and he uses my old palm TX more cause he can do more with it, now the much hyped pad is nothing but a touch with a bigger screen… gimme a break…
actually u got it all wrong, that tablet was released June of last year, now that boss is mad at anybody who is saying they are cloning ipad, haha. Actually I may get this one instead of ipad because it got better hardware plus GPS. but I got enough E-junks already.
Anemic HDD, awful battery life, obsolete operating system…still very expensive until you have very low expectations.
I would like to see some decent reviewsof this and if this gadget really has 3G..then you can phone for (almost) free with Skype. Sounds like a great internet / phone device to me and the price is right too.
The iPad misses about 10 important features and is very restricted and closed platform.
Good devise, right price, will serve me well as a laptop where I can attach a proper full keyboard with a numerical pad. Larger laptops with 17″ – 18.6″ screens that has a numerical keypad cost a bomb.
Y’know, I read the first sentences and got angry. Stop it with the cloning-BS, what exactly is cloned about this device? It looks nothing like an iPad, FFS, except the tablet-form, which it is supposed to have, because it is a friggin tablet-PC! Apple didn’t invent that form, so it is no clone. Dammit, I hate them Apple fanbois.
Change the Hard Drive, more RAM, update the OS and fit a better LCD or OLED screen that should sort any problems out.
With a bit of know how you could make an ipad less the touch screen?
I think Im going to make one my self… and it will not be a an oversized version of the iphone….
The case on this awful. Way to bulky.
Proffessor (Mad scientist)
the company said why people say that they copy apple because this product was open earlier than ipad a year,
for me want tablet with GPS to use in my car (PC-GPS-P68) just plug in to the car power outlet no worry about battery life, if they can make 2 din it will be perfect
anyway can check out products from their website,
It is Well known that the mobile industry had long being around, all Apple did was a phone, that truly solved many daily troubles, the Ipad is a better looking touch, created for READERS, so don’t expect a USB or a ton of plugs, perhaps that is why the battery last up to 10 hours. So the P88 is a great product design for many computing tasks, the price is right too, but if you have some money left to spoild yourself then consider an iPad, as an iPhone user I can really recomend the “user” experience, it runs smooth, it’s something else that’s why it’s expensive you don’t compare a mustang with a Ferrerri, so if the money is an issue keep buying more “compatible” devices. LONG LIVE STEVE JOBS?
I’m sorry but this thing is in no way shape or form better than the iPad, and in no way shape or form is the iPad better at what this chinese tablet is meant for. People need to stop thinking about computer product and their derivatives in terms of CPU RAM HDD SPACE and then determining if it’s crap by those categories. Screen and the type of HDD installed in the device is a big factor and battery life is prob the most important factor when it comes to these kinds of devices. Yes, they both are tablets, No they are not intended for the same market. I’m sorry but some of you need to take a marketing class as well as evaluate life situations of the world and other around you and quit thinking about your needs and desires and how devices fit into your little world.
Sorry Adam, but you are flt wrong. Other than battery life, this is way better than an iPad. The iPad is missing most of the useful things people want/need in a tablet. Mostly, it’s another way to sell stuff from the Apple Apps store.
I’ve used Macs for over 20 years, but I think Apple missed the target big time with this. In addition to the unfortunate name, I see the following:
First, they apparently want you to purchase all content from Apple. They don’t mention that you can download free content. No thanks, no way. Then, no flash capability, no USB port, no multi-tasking, no camera, no user-replaceable battery, and a really ugly bezel. What was Steve thinking?
What does it do that a normal tablet PC won’t do? Even one several years old and available for far less? Or a used netbook, for that matter. Show wide-screen movies? Not very well with the 4:3 screen dimensions they use.
My ten y/o Walkabout HH3 tablet pc holds my 800+ free ebooks, shows my videos, pictures, has GPS, wifi, and cost a lot less. Did I mention it’s waterproof rugged, and almost indestructible?
I see that there are only two things of positive note with the iPad. That it uses an Apple-designed chip, and an SSD drive. Both went almost unnoticed in the hype. The SSD drive will soon be the industry standard and Apple doing their own processors should be a wake-up call for Intel.
Other than those two items, I see a big worm in the Apple.
i really think that this tablet is better than the ipad like come on it has usb the ipad doesnt have anything u can plug into besides headphones maybe n to charge it and b real what if u dnt have wifi for the ipad well the tablet has a wire connection no doubt the tablet p88 is a way better fit than the ipad but dnt get me wrong when apple relizes how much better the p88 is they will make the ipad a complete tablet comptuter which will rock any other tablet on the market