Outstanding Macbook Air clone for $249

A new clone of Apple Macbook Air by Shenzhen’s Tong Men Tech Co has been discovered, which will be launched in the (Chinese) market this week. Why this clone stands out among other clones of Macbook Air?

Not to be surprised, but this one sports removable battery and SIM card slot. It features:

• 12.1-inch display
• Atom N280 processor
• 160GB HDD
• 1 GB RAM
• 2 USB 2.0 ports
• HDMI port
• 3800mAh battery

The keyboard is not so Macbook-ish though

Hua Yi 12-inch Netbook – Yet another Macbook Air clone

Hua Yi, a 12-inch netbook is a Macbook Air look-alike that is cloned in China. Unfortunately, it has netbook-ish specifications: An Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of Ram, 160GB HDD. and so on. It is set to carry a price tag of $249.

Cloned netbooks, we despair. Also, we are starting to loose count of these Macbook Air clones. We mentioned them here, here and here

HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition netbook cloned

The HP Mini 1000 Vivienne Tam Edition netbook, one of the most expensive netbooks on the market when it was launched late last year costed somewhere around $700. HP had a simple reason for such high price:Red color and floral pattern on the lid of designer Vivienne Tam.

Although HP is no longer selling the Mini 1000 and the Vivienne Tam Edition, but you can get a cheap clone of it that is made by Qifang Electronics. The main differences lies in a 2.5 inch hard drive instead of a 1.8 inch HDD, and the clone costs about $300, or less than half the MSRP of the original.