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3:38PM Nick Broughall | No longer will cheapskate Australians have to wander through the back alleys of Hong Kong or China to pick up quality counterfeit gadgets, with word that a Victorian market raid ended up seizing some high-quality iClones that were (almost) indistinguishable from the original. More »
Australia Finally Getting iClones
3:38PM Nick Broughall | No longer will cheapskate Australians have to wander through the back alleys of Hong Kong or China to pick up quality counterfeit gadgets, with word that a Victorian market raid ended up seizing some high-quality iClones that were (almost) indistinguishable from the original. More » 
Peripherals
Apple Videoconferencing Kit Now Available for iPhone 3GS Too, ZOMG!
9:30AM Jesus Diaz | Like always, most of the rumours were random crap (except the leaked Chinese photos and our predictions.) The front-facing videoconference camera was wrong—as we know now—but Apple has a solution: The iPhone 3G S Videoconferencing Kit: More »
Software
Car Controlling App Is Fake, But Fun Anyway
1:40AM Jesus Diaz | I’m glad this dumb—and fake—car controlling iPhone applications are not real, but this one is particularly well done and it’s fun to watch. [Thanks Michael] More »
Phones
The True Cost of a Chinese iPhone Knockoff
9:53PM John Herrman | Coverage of Chinese “shanzhai” knockoff phones tends to be dismissive at best, but the NYT, in a fit of earnestness, has done a full-on, iSuppli-style cost analysis of your typical iFauxne. Spoiler: They’re extremely profitable! More »
Computers
With No Real Apple Netbook on the Horizon, Chinese Create Fake One
5:30PM Elaine Chow | Sure, you could always wait for Apple to release its first netbook (if they actually do). But over here in China, when we want something bad enough, we go and make it ourselves. More »
Phones
Fake Aura Slaps On Fake Louis Vuitton For Ultimate Tackiness
4:30PM Elaine Chow | In case the Aura, Motorola’s 2008 luxury phone, didn’t scream nouveau-riche enough, some Chinese counterfeiters have decked their version out in a Louis Vuitton skin. More »
Gadgets
Fake Security Camera Uses Motion Sensing to Look Realistic
2:20AM Adam Frucci | Since the economy is collapsing, it’s likely that we’re headed into a period of chaos and lawlessness. Unfortunately, you can’t afford a security system due to the aforementioned collapse. So just fake it. More »
Phones
Fake Android G2 Phones Invading the World
3:50AM Jesus Diaz | Trying to capitalise on the current buzz around the HTC/T-Mobile Android G1, a wholelotta fake Android G2 phones are popping everywhere. Some of them even come with fake screens that include Mac OS X widgets. More »
Phones
iFauxne Roundup: Apple Ripoffs Just Keep Getting Worse
9:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | Today in shady Chinese electronics manufacturer news, we’ve got a whopping three iPhonies vying for your (counterfeit?) dollars. iFone, which isn’t another of my clever puns but is actually a very brazenly-named company, announced the iFone 3G and the two-for-one ripoff iFone X1. Meizu, who wins the dubious title of the classiest in the bunch, has finally made its M8 official on its website. More »
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