[Video and Pics] Chinese knockoff iPed looks like iPad but runs Android

We would like to welcome the iPed. Yes, you read correctly, the iPed, not the iPad. The iPad is a tablet designed by Apple, while the iPed is the black market Chinese version of Android powered tablet. Although this is a slightly heavier then the original iPad, the iPed sports an Intel processor and Google’s open source operating system, Android. No word on whether Apple has heard of the iPed or if they’ve filed a lawsuit against the Chinese company. Either way, for all the crazed Android fans that are now foaming at the mouth to get their hands on an Android tablet, here is your first and best chance to get a pretty decent little iPed and make all of your iPad friends jealous when you can run flash in your browser. No word yet if this will run Froyo but chances are, someone will get that taken care of real soon. Best part? Price: And is priced at the equivalent of ¥9,600 (US$105). Certainly a whole lot less expensive than an iPad.

Update: If you watch the video, you will see that the iPed comes with a ton of plug-ins for your peripherals, headphones, card readers, etc.

[via Kotaku and bajirunnrunn.blog]

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide reduced at Walmart to $129.99

T-Mobile’s myTouch Slide has already been reduced before the official launch date. The pre-order price has been reduced to $129.99 from an earlier in the week price of $199.99. Considering how huge the original myTouch was for T-Mobile, this surely looks to be a great Android handset at an entry level price almost anyone can afford. And with add-a-line for $5.00, you can’t go wrong with getting two handsets. Hopefully Froyo 2.2 will get pushed to this device too.

T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide – White (T-Mobile) also includes:

3.4″ Touchscreen w/Tactile feedback

Full Physical QWERTY Slider

Android v2.1

Google Web Search

T-Mobile 3G HSDPA with Wi-Fi

3.5mm Headset Jack

Preloaded Swype Keyboard

Real, full HTML web browsing

Visual Voicemail

Integrated Google Maps

5.0MP camera with auto focus

Text, picture, video, and Instant Messaging capable

Android Market: Thousands of downloadable applications

Fully customizable

Fully integrated Google Search, Maps, and Gmail

One-touch access to e-mail, music, web and more

Included Accessories:

USB Data/Charging Cable

Wall Charger

8GB Memory card

Stereo Headset

[via Walmart]

Verizon won’t get iPhone next week; most likely later this year

In a report published by Brighthand today, it states that Verizon will not see it’s CDMA version of the iPhone until later this year. According to a research note for its investors, Piper Jafray stated:

“We believe that it is unlikely that the next generation iPhone will be available at Verizon (or Sprint) at launch; rather, it is more likely that it remains exclusively available at AT&T in the U.S. at launch,” Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray wrote in a research note to investors.

The article also points out some related reports:

According to a recent unconfirmed report, Apple has hired a company in Taiwan to produce a version of the iPhone with support for CDMA wireless networks, the cellular-wireless standard used by Verizon and Sprint. Production is supposedly going to begin in August or September. In addition, unnamed sources at several large companies have claimed to be testing a version of the iPhone with support for Verizon’s nascent 4G network. This LTE-powered model will allegedly be released this summer. If these unsubstantiated reports are correct, Apple will release a version of its smartphone for AT&T first, but a model for Verizon will come a few months later.

The reports do make sense. Everyone says a dual-band CDMA/4G can’t be released because Verizon’s network is not yet running/nor would it be running in several markets. But people need to take a step back and see that Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G, running on WiMAX, is one of the most hotly anticipated phones due this summer, and it is being released on a 4G WiMAX network that is not yet available in several major markets.

I know that a Verizon iPhone would be a huge boost to Verizon as well as Apple in handset sales and shared revenue for music, movie and app downloads. It’s a win-win situation for both Verizon and Apple in the end.

[via Brighthand]