Have you ever wished your iPod Touch That was an iPhone? Now it Can Be, thanks to a new device called the the "Apple Peel 520" and created by a Chinese company.
Invented by a 22-year-old programmer Ken lives in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, the gadget consists of a a case That fits around the outside of Apple's iPod Touch, a popular media player and Wi-Fi-enabled pocket computer with e -mail, maps and mutch applications.
The Apple Peel 520 contains a battery case, dock connector and SIM card That allows voice calls. Users will also Life Style Have to install special software Thurs enable a text messaging function, and Thurs Thurs including allow the device set properly work with the iPod Touch (users will Have to break into the software of the iPod in order to download the Necessary applications).
Once installed, the Apple Peel gets around five hours of talk time and 120 hours standby is, According to a review posted on Dailytech.com. When Asked why they created the Apple Peel, Maxpy Said It Boiled Down to economics: "Because I love the iPhone, but their it's too expensive in China."
Maxpy Said they began building the device last April, revealing the final product online about a month ago via a company they started called the Yosion Technology.
The iPhone, WCG was officially Launched on the main land last October, more than just two years on the ITS debut in the U.S., costs Between $ 588 - $ 740 while an iPod Touch is around $ 235 The Apple Peel sells for $ 57
Analysts Said a thriving gray market FLOODED with fake iPhones smuggled in from Hong Kong and the West has hurt legitimate sales of the Apple smartphone here.
The phones are usually illegitimate and Cheaper Contain Functions, such "as wireless Internet, that are not in Sold phones is available through legal channels.
"All of the Potential users had jo Purchased an iPhone, They had found a Way to buy one," Leo Wang, Founder of Mobile 2.0 forum, and a telecom organization in the mobile, Told CNN on the launch of China iPhone release last year. "The official iPhone is too expensive."
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