Android Book is an ultra-affordable MacBook Air look-alike
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48 Comments
1. QinEmpire posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:02 6 22
Sigh.. The birth of another copycat like Google, Samsung.
9. networkdood posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:55 11 2
just another laptop - is APPLE going to sue all laptop manufacturers now? Striker, your argument has been foiled again....
22. taco50 (banned) posted on 08 Jun 2012, 10:01 3 11
When you look at the video it looks JUST LIKE a MacBook. You think that's ok? I'm sure if you ran a business you wouldn't.
Blatant over the top copying is not all right because you're trying to make a buck off someone else's name.
25. taz89 posted on 08 Jun 2012, 10:36 2 0
agree it looks just like the macbook.am guessing this is in china and there you can pretty much copy anything so you will never see this in sale in like the uk or us..am alright with copying certain ideas ir taking inspiration but one to one copying i cant defend
30. jellytime posted on 08 Jun 2012, 14:38 2 2
You know taco android is open source so anyone one can make a android device and android is free so of course there will be clones
32. Non_Sequitur posted on 08 Jun 2012, 14:41 3 0
It's Chinese (probably made by QinEmpire so he can rip on the Android community) and it's only $200. It'll probably suck. I'd rather have the Pad Infinity anyway. But don't blame it on Google, they didn't even do it.
I AM rooting for the launch of Android PC's and laptops by Google with a more PC-optimized OS, but with an Intel Atom, this thing will only last 3 hours. Eww. Android ultrabooks can be better than that.
I'll buy an Android desktop and an ultrabook, but only when they come with a touchscreen, good battery life, and a nicer processor.
38. remixfa posted on 08 Jun 2012, 15:22 4 2
Troll...
its called a KIRF. (Keeping It Really Fake)
Its a knock off chineese manufacturer trying to look like a macbook air on purpose. Its not a major brand, and if you go to the source, they actually make fun of the thing for being so cheaply made that the mousepad started to wear out by the second day of the show.
just shut up.
14. 09wbd03516 (banned) posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:09 4 1
OH TACO~~~~ IM WAITING~~~
MUAHAHAHAHAHA
3. wendygarett (limited) 2 days ago posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:26 4 2
This has gone too far... I prefer transformer prime...
4. wendygarett (limited) 2 days ago posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:35 2 4
no wonder android can dominate 70% of china...
5. AndroidShiz posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:40 6 2
Wow. This looks like a blatant rip off of a **gasp** laptop ! What's next? A TV that looks like all other TVs?? This is crazy, so call me maybe.
6. Sangeet posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:44 0 2
They could at least have had a resistive touchscreen rather than not having it at all..!!
7. Sniggly posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:49 5 2
Copying aside, this is a step in the right direction.
GIVE ME AN ANDROID LAPTOP NOW, DAMMIT, AND MAKE IT COMPATIBLE WITH COMBAT ARMS! AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, GIVE ME A WORKING CD/DVD DRIVE!
*ahem*
Thank you. :)
8. wendygarett (limited) 2 days ago posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:52 0 0
im sorry to say that it will be only available in china...
10. networkdood posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:55 0 0
do, buy it from china - wipe it, so that you get rid of any of the chinese malware that they put on it, and upgrade the OS to ICS and you are good to go....
13. -box- posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:01 1 0
My next laptop will run both Windows8 and Android, have a detachable or rotateable touchscreen display, and will have either a CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive or a USB 3.x port with an external drive (since there still aren't many Thunderbolt accessories out there, and, as apple folks like to forget, Thunderbolt wasn't their idea, it was Intel's and a few others')
33. Non_Sequitur posted on 08 Jun 2012, 14:46 1 0
I'm so with you on this.
If Google would take the time to optimize a version of ICS or JB for desktops and ultrabooks, then they would sell like wildfire. It'd be like their own little Linux distro. There would be ICS for the phones, ICS optimized for the tablets, and ICS optimized for the computers. If Google could also get people on the bandwagon to start making programs for these computers (photo editors, file converters, video editors, etc...) along with having Google Play Apps, then Android PCs would be a huge success.
Google needs to start. NOW.
*end rant*
11. 09wbd03516 (banned) posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:56 0 1
YUCK!!!! I HATE MACBOOK!!! AND I HATE THIS TOO!!!
12. -box- posted on 08 Jun 2012, 08:58 2 4
MacBook Air lookalike? The macbook air wasn't an original design. There were thin wedge-shaped laptops before the air was announced, it just made the design more appealing to the mass market who were used to larger block-shaped laptops so that they'd have better components and cooling options (we all know apple is very good at marketing, even if it's marketing an old idea as a new innovative one, just because they're doing it now). Besides, it's more of Intel's reference design anyway, hence all the Intel-based "Ultrabooks" which have come out with similar designs. Apple also wasn't the first to offer an all metal body, nor a black keyboard, nor a backlit one, nor, as I said above, a thin wedge-shaped laptop. Yes, a lot of devices look a lot like the "MBA", but it wasn't unique in its own right anyway.
You might as well say all sedans look like a Taurus, because they have 4 wheels and curved noses and slanted windshields
Victor, I know you're very pro-apple, but please, don't let it affect your writing or fact finding. It makes the site look bad.
15. KingShango posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:13 2 0
Are you joking!? Yes Apple isn't completely original and various styling elements were around before the MBA. But this thing nearly an exact copy. They could at least have made it a different color or something.
17. -box- posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:35 0 0
I don't disagree it looks similar, and definitely could offer some different design, but for all we know there is a company that spews out these bodies at a competitive price so they went with that to save money instead of adding on cost just to make it unique and sometimes uniqueness isn't appealing, like a Pontiac aztek or Honda/Acura's lineup). It doesn't appear to look expensive to shape, especially with no hole to cut out for the glowy fruit logo
18. neutralguy posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:41 0 0
as what you are saying, having that design, slimmed down can save them money? are you kidding me? Why is a smartphone more expensive than a tablet with a phone capability considering it's larger? Because of its slimmer. Making a device slimmer/thinner can cost you a lot. If they really want to save some money, then they could just use older or more typical laptop designs which isn't a wedge design like thinner netbook/laptops use.
20. -box- posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:54 0 0
No, but that bulk design. And purchasing saves money, especially if others are buying the same. It's purely speculative (but infirmed) that the body shell and components could offer significant cost savings (cut sheet metal pressed into a molded shape isn't crazy expensive, otherwise a Hyundai Sonata would cost as much as a Mercedes) and as many laptop manufacturers are ordering slim parts to fit into their ultrabooks it stands to reason there would be enough made in a cost effective manner that other manufactures could purchase those same parts at competitive prices.
21. neutralguy posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:58 0 0
man, you've mistaken laptops/netbooks with cars. slimming down a gadget will make it more expensive. Don't compare it with cars, of course slimming a car will make it more expensive. Again, compare a tablet with a phone with same specs and same capability. AGAIN, COMPARE GADGETS NOT GADGETS TO CARS.
23. taco50 (banned) posted on 08 Jun 2012, 10:02 2 3
Wow man this is so obviously a copy. There's no debate. You just hate Apple so much you deny the obvious.
16. neutralguy posted on 08 Jun 2012, 09:34 0 0
A clone. This is a great net book considering its price rate. And also, 8 hours of use, this is awesome. But the lack of touchscreen is the downside. Android is best with touchscreen.
36. Non_Sequitur posted on 08 Jun 2012, 15:01 1 0
Your avatar explains everything. Google didn't even do this.
Have you seen the Chinese rip-offs of the iPhone? There are Chinese rip-offs EVERYWHERE.
27. jaytai0106 posted on 08 Jun 2012, 11:23 0 0
Another law suit here... I kind of want one. Is that weird?
31. nexumus posted on 08 Jun 2012, 14:40 1 1
Im sorry but this is yet another blatant ripoff. It looks just like a mac book air. Does google and every company it works with enjoy getting sued by apple or what?
34. Non_Sequitur posted on 08 Jun 2012, 14:54 0 1
Sure, it looks JUST like a MacBook Air. But at least it has somewhat okay graphics, as opposed to any Mac. Oh and thank GOD it doesn't run OS X. I don't want to see the little spinning rainbow wheel every time I try to open a program.
39. remixfa posted on 08 Jun 2012, 15:25 0 0
Aside from the fact that this thing is a super cheaply made KIRF from a knock off chinese manufacturer, it points out a blaring hole..
There are no cheap android netbooks. Why arent there? For the price of one of my school books, I could get something like this (but not THIS junk) and have full keyboard functionality to type/edit google docs and powerpoints on the go. I want something with a keyboard that is super light weight. Asus Transformers are awesome, but by the time you add the keyboard, its more than I want to spend for its very specific uses.
I'd like something like this.
42. b3_jeal0us posted on 08 Jun 2012, 16:44 1 1
i think its ironic that all you fAndroid users are excited about this and such, do you guys realize that is is a MacBook air running android? What a Concept, an awesome personal computer that made by APPLE that is rebranded and reprogrammed to run android ICS?! Holy Cow! Now please, tell me, who's copying you?
44. remixfa posted on 08 Jun 2012, 17:59 1 1
another troll post.
KIRFs are not products most people outside of china buy. get over it. they are not from reputable vendors.
BTW, Apple runs on intel, for its computers and Samsung for its mobile. So its not like anything INSIDE the apple product is really all that proprietary other than a firewire port. woopiedoo.
48. pongkie posted on 08 Jun 2012, 19:29 1 0
Apple just got a patent on the shape of thier MacBook Air. If this thing doesn't run Windows it will be in trouble.
