Chinese have knocked off the Kindle

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

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Look familiar? Yep. The Chinese have knocked off the Kindle, creating a device that looks just like the Kindle 2 and will be on sale in Japan for $210. The device will have a built-in cellular modem with SIM card.

The company, Peking University Founder, released no further specs nor did it explain what the hell its name means.

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