Police Find Apple Branded Stoves In China

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Police Find Apple Branded Stoves In China

Posted by samzenpus on Monday February 27, 2012 @04:50AM from the seems-legit-to-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just when you thought the Apple knockoff trade in China couldn't get any more ridiculous, Chinese Police recently seized 681 "Apple iPhone" branded gas stoves in the city of Wuhan. Yep, that's right, some folks are peddling gas grills and are trying to made the product more appealing by stamping an Apple logo alongside the 'iPhone' moniker on the front."

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Obviously by SJHillman · 2012-02-27 04:52 · Score: 5, Funny

Cooking dinner? There's an app for that.
1. Re:Obviously by Jeng · 2012-02-27 04:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Download my recipes for your iStove, only 99c per recipe.
  
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2. Re:Obviously by MisterSquid · 2012-02-27 05:00 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Actually these iStoves run on the same chips as the iPhone, the difference being they have Flash installed. iStove loads a page, Flash pegs the CPU, and iStove gets hot enough to fry an egg.
  
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3. Re:Obviously by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-27 05:30 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Cooking dinner? There's an app for that.
  Their CEO is Tim Cook.
4. Re:Obviously by MobileTatsu-NJG · 2012-02-27 06:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Hey, look! We just got a sneak peek at Samsung's new line of stoves!
  
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I'll take three of them! by Kenja · 2012-02-27 04:53 · Score: 3, Funny

and an Apple Care plan to cover them when (I mean if) they break. I shall be king of the hipsters with an Apple iStove! Now if only I had some iGas to power it....

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1. Re:I'll take three of them! by OzPeter · 2012-02-27 05:14 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Now if only I had some iGas to power it....
  For that you will want to invest in a bean heavy diet.
  
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Obviously by philip.paradis · 2012-02-27 04:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Apple products are really hot in China.

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Not a knockoff. by wbr1 · 2012-02-27 04:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Look closely at the picture. That is a patented Apple device! How can you tell? The corners are rounded.

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1. Re:Not a knockoff. by wbr1 · 2012-02-27 05:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You keep on with that stupid meme and I'm gonna round your corners, chucko.
  My corners are already too rounded. I need to hit the gym.
  
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You laugh, but... by ciaohound · 2012-02-27 04:59 · Score: 4, Funny

Consider the poor SOB's who bought the genuine Windows ovens instead.

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1. Re:You laugh, but... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-27 06:24 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I did, and there were three problems with it.
  1. Turning on too many burners would make the entire stove stop functioning. I'd have to unplug it, and plug it back in to turn it off safely.
  2. Usage was sometimes difficult: "The oven temperature has been changed. You must reboot for the changes to take effect."
  3. And then this error: Not ready heating oven A. Abort, Retry, or Fail?
  I took it back. Some folks are saying Windows Oven 3 is an improvement, but I'd rather stick with a wood stove.
How can anyone be so dumb? by ddd0004 · 2012-02-27 05:16 · Score: 4, Funny

Morons!
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Re:Does it work. by SomePoorSchmuck · 2012-02-27 05:20 · Score: 3, Funny

Such semantically-vacuous automobile naming reached its ironic barftastic peak back when Toyota decided to name their largest and most gas-guzzling SUV line the SEQUOIA. [facepalm]

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On the plus side... by Arancaytar · 2012-02-27 05:27 · Score: 5, Funny

These things are supposed to overheat and catch fire.
Re:Apple's next announcement... by the_Bionic_lemming · 2012-02-27 05:27 · Score: 5, Funny

Real men grill with charcoal.
Which is why this product appeals to the iPhone crowd. //ducks

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1 dog and done. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-27 05:28 · Score: 3, Funny

I could only cook one Hot Dog before runing out of data for the month.
Discarded iPad prototypes by GameboyRMH · 2012-02-27 05:43 · Score: 5, Funny

These are just discarded iPad prototypes that were using the Prescott-core P4 processor. Apple should be more careful where they dump their trash...

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Re:Does it work. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-27 05:51 · Score: 5, Funny

Consider how utterly ridiculous the marketing is in America before laughing at the Chinese. Trucks and Cars named after towns, cities and areas.

Websites named after puncuation.