∞ Chinese manufacturer claims Apple stole iPad design

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Apple’s iPad isn’t even on the market yet and the company is already facing potential legal challenges.

Chinese manufacturer, Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial, claims that Apple copied the iPad design from its P88 tablet. The P88 was introduced about six months ago in Berlin according to ZDNET.

The Chinese company’s President, Wu Xiaolong, said he was “angry and flabbergasted” when he first saw the iPad.

According to the specs, the P88 tablet runs Windows on a 10.2-inch resistive touch screen and an Intel Atom processor. The P88 has a battery life of 1.5 hours. Apple’s iPad has a 9.7-inch capacitive multitouch screen and uses Apple’s A4 processor, with a battery life of 10 hours.

Many people have compared the iPad to Apple’s own iPhone and iPod touch designs. Perhaps Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial should be concerned with a lawsuit from Apple.

Regardless, Wu said that if Apple enters the Chinese market, they will file a lawsuit.


  • Michael

    LOL! So, just how does one expect a "tablet" device to look?

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/jdalrymple Jim Dalrymple

      Um… not so much like a tablet, I suppose :D

  • Matt

    They having a laugh aren't they?

  • JSN

    Funny, I thought their tablet looked a lot like the original iPhone …

  • http://www.aaronmahnke.com Aaron M.

    It's such a flawed argument. Design within a company like Apple is all about continuity and cohesive branding. There might be overarching "meta" similarities, but Apple's iPad is clearly of the same "genetic make-up" as the current like of unibody Macbooks and iMacs, models that (some, at least) have been around for over a year.

    If anything, the P88 is a rip-off of the original 2G iPhone, just bigger.

  • http://www.facebook.com/flargh Peter Cohen

    "Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial P88" really rolls off the tongue, eh?

    • LarryInAz

      By the time you say the name 5 times fast the 1.5 hour battery will be DOA ;)

  • einsteinbqat

    LMAO! Chinese companies copying Apple or other US or European design is okay, but the it doesn't work the other way around? Come on! AND, this is not even a question of who copied who. Apple just continued with the iPhone and iPod touch design. So if there is someone copying, it's the Chinese company!!!

  • http://web.me.com/rogerdraper Roger D

    My only problem with the iPad is I must have one, but with a MacPro and MacBook Pro already, I need a good excuse to overcome my Macomania.

  • http://www.gadgets4-u.blogspot.com/ Nazir

    hohoho… its really interesting. The Chinese invention now on apple ipad or apple invention on The P88.

    Whatever it is we dont have headache we are waiting for iPad. They should release it soon for furious customers.

  • Kate Brisbane

    Yes China is the master of.. copy infringement! Guess they want to see how it feels to be on the other side for once.

  • http://www.bydaughters.com/web-design-brisbane Brisbane wed designer

    oh god some one has to always make a trouble?

  • http://architecturalrendering.bydaughters.com/ architectural rendering

    I don tthink they have copied anything .. i think the chinese just want to get money out of apple

  • http://architecturalrendering.bydaughters.com/ architectural rendering

    I think the chinese have a reputation of copying everything infront of them ..so its hard to believe