According to Unwired View, Research in Motion will be releasing its version of the iClone exclusively on Vodafone and Verizon Wireless. The device codenamed the BlackBerry Thunder will be released as the BlackBerry 9500. The iClone from RIM will utilize high speed internet networks; I am not sure whether this means that there will be a truly global phone withbot EVDO and HSPA technology for fast i

As if being the exclusive carrier in the US for Apple's iPhone wasn't enough, Engadget Mobile is reporting that AT&T will be rolling out its very own iClone in the form of the Samsung Omnia. Sprint's competitively piced iClone was a hit and AT&T will be joining the foray of carriers launching alternatives to the iPhone that will have the black slab, chrome bezel look. The Omnia seems to be a good

Sprint's Samsung Instinct, which has been dubbed an iPhone clone, has been a huge hit for the wireless carrier. According to Engadget Mobile, Sprint has announced that the Instinct is the best selling EVDO handset ever in the first week of release. EVDO is the technology that powers fast wireless internet on CDMA networks like Sprint and Verizon Wireless. Samsung is also vamping up production to k

I read an interesting article recently, in Popular Science, called "China's iClone". It's about the proliferation of Chinese clones of popular mobile phones, and it got me thinking, because frankly, it's a really good article. When you think about it, it's amazing what China's cloners will copy. Cars, electronics, phones. Reading that article jogged my memory

Consider the iPhone knockoff market's bar officially raised. No longer is it enough to swipe designs and iconography, now you must master the fine art of infomercials to hock your wares. This iClone thinks different with maps, photos, a motion sensor (which apparently causes its users to keep shaking the thing like a maraca), orientation sensor, Bluetooth music playback (but apparently not stereo?