A few years ago cloning was synonyms with Dolly, the beloved cloned sheep. If only Dolly knew back then that her 15 minutes of fame would be robbed by, well… the next cloned object to be, the iPhone.

Originally we thought we’d do a nice informative segment on all the Dolly sheep clones, but quickly found out we where unable to tell the difference in looks and features among the sheep as it became apparent that Scottish scientists do a much better job at replicating stuff than Chinese factories.

Instead, with dawning of iPhone 2.0 we decided to pay tribute to all the original iPhone-Dolly’s out there, and count down the Top Asian iPhone 1.0 clones:

7. C-002 HiPhone - The Dolly to my iPhone

HiPhone is such a iPhone knock off, You’d swear this baby was made by a bunch of Scottish scientist !

6. HiPhone S688 - The Dolly to Dolly

5. Cect P168- iPhone goes Surround  !

Take the iPhone, replicate everything about it and add well … Surround sound ! (huh?)
How’s that for catching ya off guard ?

4. Desay N8 - Shake Shake Shake

That’s not an iPhone owner suffering turrets syndrome , it’s the Desay N8 with full on shake control!
Nothing says hey baby can i have your number like a few twitches.

3. Maxspeed MAK003 - I’m watching you !

Maxspeed decided to clone the iPhone, take that home button and put to better use by turning it into a freaky glowing red eyeball thingy…

2. Cent Dual - Take that Locked iPhone !

While the original Apple iPhone is locked down to it’s providing carrier, Korean Cent Dual replicates the iPhone, offers it unlocked and, you ready … packs in a DUAL sim card holder ! Pure genius..

1. Meizu M8 - The Mongoose to my Snake

Still pretty much a prototype and not yet available, this baby went from being a typical run in the mill iPhone clone featuring the usual Multi touch, auto screen orientation and other standard iPhone features, to having it’s user interface fully redesigned and packing on features the original iPhone was missing, including:

• Video Camera Function
• Native Games
• External Keyboard
• USB Host
• TV Out ports
• Line In for Audio Input
• Fully featured blue tooth Connectivity
• Embedded GPS Chip

Could it be that the hunter becomes the hunted ?

Follow this beast on this active Meizu M8 forum thread

We all know how disgustingly cluttered Mac user interfaces tend to be , after all isn’t that the reason why so many people are leaving Mac and taking the leap of faith into the wonderful world of clean Windows designed interfaces ?

(Serious pun intended)

If you’re one of the few that took the above with an ounce of seriousness, fear not, you are not an estranged lonely creature (well not lonely at least), there are others like you that are in fact so believing in the cause they’ve decided to take the iPhone and make it look like Vista !
Not only does it look like Vista , it quacks like Vista: with Start Menu action and occasional blue screens of death (not really)

For the other 99% of people that may ask Why would you do such a thing ?

The answer: Attention

Singapore Airlines has announced it’s plans to offer iPod and iPhone connectivity on select business class flights.

Just like them hi-tech treadmills, the system will allow passengers to enjoy content from their iPod or iPhone through the aircraft’s in-flight entertainment system, which is displayed on the private 15.4-inch widescreen monitor available on every seat, while simultaneously charging your iP(hone/od).
To make your experience whole some , active noise-cancellation headphones are provided as an extra cherry.

If you’re one of those people that enjoy the captian coming on every once in a while and informing you of what’s to your left and right (clouds and some more sea), then fear not , announcements and instructions made by the crew will be mixed into your playing media, in true iPhone fade-in/out fashion…

(Discovered as an easter egg in GTA IV )

In true Maury’s show fashion,the iPhone might have a larger sibling , pending DNA tests that is .

ZDNet.de reports that Intel Germany CEO, Hannes Schwaderer , confirmed that an iPhone that will be using Intel’s new Atom processor is in the works. Moreover, the new iPhone device is said to be “slightly larger” than the current iPhone…..

There’s been a long standing rumor that Apple is developing a new tablet style macbook , Could we have it all wrong ? Could it be more like a Macbook type of iPhone ?

iPhones  are currently out of stock in the US and UK, and Steve Jobs scheduled to give the keynote at WWDC 08. Could new iPhones and it’s sibling mini-tablet be right around the corner ?

This year’s WWDC will showcase two revolutionary development platforms showcasing OSX development for the iPhone.

The five-day event running from June 9 to June 13 , will feature in-depth sessions and hands-on labs to fully explore the capabilities of the OS X iPhone 2.0 software , plus a rumored method for developers to distribute their apps wirelessly.

Seems like Apple is really keen on making up for it’s original sin: Deciding to go with web apps only .

My personal Note to Steve jobs: Can we please get Copy-Paste functionality ? Pretty please.