Can you tell a fake iPad from the real deal? (photos)

One facet in which the fake trumps the Jobs-endorsed product is in the box design. With its hinged lid, the fake iPad's box is easy to open. The top of the real iPad's box, on the other hand, must be shaken and wiggled free from the bottom half--a task that must be done fairly carefully when you're dealing with US$500-plus of easily broken glass and electronics.

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Man Says Best Buy Sold Him Fake iPad

Bryan Shlager bought an iPad from Best Buy in Dorchester, Massachusetts that he suspects is a fake – and says also claims the store knows there are at least five or six other fakes sold from the same store.

Neither he nor his college freshman son, for whom it was a gift, could get the iPad to turn on.

Shlager took it back to a Best Buy near his son’s Florida campus – where he says Geek Squad employees told him it wouldn’t work because it was a fake.

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Keepin' It Real Fake: iPad meets Mini Me

It's always a fun moment when a friend comes by to say "Yeah, I just got this Android 7" tablet, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to send it back." Not without letting us take a quick snapshot, you're not! This $199 KIRF tablet is a dead ringer for a squeezed, shrunk-down iPad -- there's even a little square on the Home button, even though it's a bit cockeyed.

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Keepin' it real fake: 'iPad phone' is the answer to a question no one asked (video)

The D-Pad and E-Pad are two pint-sized cellphones that are reminiscent of the iPad, except they are telephones, they are much smaller, and they are totally different. Featuring a 3.5-inch resistive touchscreen, 2.5mm headphone jack, 0.3 megapixel front-facing camera and 2 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, you don't even have to get to the dual SIMs, telescoping antenna, or the CMMB mobile TV tuner before you realize this is all Shenzhen, and very little Cupertino. Available now in either pink or white for 550 Chinese yuan (about $70). Get a closer look -- and some video to boot -- after the break.

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Another fake iPad 2 spotted at CES to show off battery peripheral

Chinese manufacturers are clearly not willing to wait for the real iPad 2 to come out so they can show off their peripherals. We’ve already seen one fake iPad 2 at CES used to help demonstrate a new case. Now we have another, only this time it’s helping show off a battery add-on.

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Best fake iPad 2.0 video we’ve seen today

Time to move onto the next hot rumor, iPad 2.0 — and here is the best fake iPad 2.0 video we’ve seen today. Though we’d like to let the protagonists know they need to work a little on their fonts and apps icons, m’kay?

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Chinese iPad Clone that Costs $290, Set to Hit Shelves on April 3rd

The Chinese have done it yet again! They’ve managed to counterfeit another Apple product, this time the yet to be released iPad. We’ve seen Chinese iPhones in the past, so I’m not surprised by these Chinese iPad clones. Keep your eyes wide open when you are buying one of these.

The manufacturer of these counterfeit iPads, Shenzhen Huayi originate from Shenzhen, Guangdong province in China. They have priced their iPad for $290, that’s half the price of the original iPad! The release date of the counterfeit iPad is the same as the original iPad, i.e. 3rd April.

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iPad 2 case maker creates fake iPad 2 to put inside

Until Apple decide to make it official the speculation is that an iPad 2 can be expected sooner rather than later this year. In the meantime, a number of iPad 2 cases have appeared sporting new holes for front and back cameras and a larger speaker.

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Fake iPad (Counterfeit, Not Clone) Ready for Release?

Looks like Chinese counterfeit makers might have beat Microsoft / HP Slate at making a knockoff of the Apple iPad tablet.

Shanzai reports the counterfeit iPad has 10″ screen, android, and ARM processor at 60% of speed of iPad. The display of the counterfeit iPad looks to be in widescreen format instead of business projector-friendly 1024×768 format used by the Apple iPad.

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