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House M.D. COMPLETE SEASONS 1-5 DVDS BOX SET ENGLISH VERSION

2009-04-07T03:50:00.000-07:00

HOUSE M.D. COMPLETE SEASONS 1-5 DVDS BOX SET ENGLISH VERSION

Packaging Weight
Total : 2.0 kg

Unit:26+5 DVDs

Leading Role: Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer, Bobbin Bergstrom

Director: David Shore

Summary

The series follows the life of anti-social, pain killer addict, witty and arrogant medical doctor Gregory House with only half a muscle in his right leg. He and his team of medical doctors try to cure very ill ordinary people in the United States of America...

Originally from China - Watch-style Phone

2009-02-27T02:14:00.000-08:00

Not sure if this is the creation of Chinese designers - the Watch style mobile phone, with built-in FM radio and camera.

As well as watch style MP3/4 players and voice recorder too.

Some may appreciate the capability of shooting spy video with its barely noticeable camera.

Clones Industry - isn't it the defining moment

2008-08-15T20:02:00.000-07:00

From the time of HiPhone to SciPhone to Ciphone to ?iPhone, China is really serious in bring its clone industry into daylight. Statistics show that there are more than 30 varieties of iPhone clones on the Chinese market, some low end single function models and some complete with Windows Mobile 6.0 operating system and wifi/bluetooth/dual-sim.

Quality-wise, the iphone clones are not as good as nokia or samsung clones. There're vertu and anycall models that are 1/10 of original price. They not only resemble the outlook but also have better reliability.

Olympics effect

2008-08-11T08:56:00.000-07:00

It's a great grand opening of Olympics. Seven years of preparation is what Chinese take pride in.

What's little known to the rest of the world is the impact the Olympics games have on shipping orders. As an overseas consumer you will notice that many sellers no longer ship the hiphones, or will experience extended delay of your shipment.

Many sellers are waiting eagerly for the Olympics to wrap up sooner instead of rejoicing in the events. They dare not voice it out though. The country cares for its public image and will crush any "face-losing" activities like making and shipping knockoff iphones.

But you can continue to buy from http://www.hiphoneshop.com with confidence, though there may be some delay.

The popular models are CECT P168+, HiPhone F1 C-002, N88 Nphone, and the latest CiPhone 8GB.

Widespread iPhone knock-offs in China

2008-07-27T07:08:00.000-07:00

I took a ride around the Shenzhen Huaqiangbei today with friends. There's tens of thousands of people walking around that area. We mocked, as far as statistics goes, 9 people out of 10 were holding a mobile phone. Then 5 out of 10 phones were a knock-off Nokia or iPhone or something invented by the so-called "shanzhai" factories.

The name "shanzhai" being a little mocking by meaning village or countryside, the shanzhai phones themselves do not look bad at all. In fact, in my own opinion, they are even innovative.

Have you thought of Apple running Microsoft Windows? That's what's happening in China. The iPhone-looking smartphone I talked about in the previous post comes installed with Windows Mobile operating system. The "shanzhai" factories are completely market driven and they are quick to adopt the latest technology and ready to adjust to new trends.

Young people are increasingly lavish in mobile phone consuming. The most extreme example I heard is that someone changes his phone every few weeks. "Shanzhai" phones prove to be the best option for this type of consumption. For the equivalent of a little over US$100, you can get a feature-rich phone with a larger than 2" touch screen, mp3/4 player, 1.3Megapixel camera and other things.

My friend, who lost or was stolen of his maybe 3rd or 4th phone, all being Nokia or Moto, now shifts to "shanzhai" phones. It will be less of a loss if missing. And, not many will really be interested in stealing a "shanzhai" phone. They are really too cheap to worth the trouble.

Visit http://www.hiphoneshop.com to find out their great deals.

Latest on the market - smartphone running on Windows and WIFI

2008-07-19T11:11:00.001-07:00

There are at least 10 models now on the market that claim to be iphone-style or iphone lookalikes. The first inspiration dated back at least a years ago, when the CECT P168 hit the market. It was the time apple's product was still in the making, and the whole world waited for the official release in 2007. But the chinese consumers were already holding the lookalikes in their hands well before then. Interesting.

The lookalikes were nothing but lookalikes. It is not a smartphone. It's a PDA phone at most. No java, no wifi, no double finger enlarging... However there's one thing good about it - it's cheap (around US$200) and it is unlocked. You can insert any GSM SIM card. The battery is replaceable too.

Not a year passed when an upgraded lookalike made history in February 2008 - and it had a name, called "hiphone". It also went under the CECT brand, but apparently there's a dozen of "assemblers" sharing the same tooling because some are better quality than others. The local market in China heated up with the iphone cloning.

Just how close could these clones get to the real thing? I believe I have seen that the lookalikes finally graduated in to smartphones. Read the full specs at http://www.hiphoneshop.com/daxian-x999-p-5.html It's wifi ready, it's running Windows Mobile operating system (imagine that!) and it's fully loaded with features. Sadly not affordable any more either. Price tag says US$370 or something like that.

If you browse through the website you will find a complete category called iphone style that shows at least 10 models, including funny names like Nphone and Ciphone. Most are still without operating system though.