http://shanghaiist.com/2009/04/07/shanzhai_we_like_sciphone_dream_g2.php All comments for Shanzhai we like: Sciphone Dream G2, the cheap Google Android phone en-us 2009 shang_shanghaiist Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:03:34 +0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss info@shanghaiist.com info@shanghaiist.com 60 http://shanghaiist.com/2009/04/07/shanzhai_we_like_sciphone_dream_g2.php#comment-1630745 http://shanghaiist.com/2009/04/07/shanzhai_we_like_sciphone_dream_g2.php#comment-1630745 Comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:59:12 +0700 <p>Yeah looks and sounds a little bit fishy to me as well... Especially the "Opera" bit and the screenshot. I've got the real HTC G1 and although u can install it (Opera) on Android, it doesn't normally come pre-installed. Also the pictures/icons look different as well. Considering the fact that so many phones out there here in China come with a special version of Windows "dressed up" as an iPhone clone, my little finger tells me that this is actually a "faked" Android OS... Could be wrong tho but I need to see more to be able to tell.</p> http://shanghaiist.com/2009/04/07/shanzhai_we_like_sciphone_dream_g2.php#comment-1630742 http://shanghaiist.com/2009/04/07/shanzhai_we_like_sciphone_dream_g2.php#comment-1630742 Comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:24:34 +0700 <p>The source link says this phone has an "Android interface," and commenters there interpret this as meaning it's not actually running the Android OS. I've seen Android running on ARM9 dev boards, and it's usually painfully slow. For reference, the HTC Dream (G1) has a 528MHz ARM11 processor.</p>