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		<title>By: Hahnefeld</title>
		<link>http://kikuyumoja.com/2009/06/24/bl-5c/comment-page-1/#comment-30533</link>
		<dc:creator>Hahnefeld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Third party batteries from a official supplier can be so good like the original. But batteries from product pirates can be explosive. We had such a accident in the last weeks here in Germany!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Third party batteries from a official supplier can be so good like the original. But batteries from product pirates can be explosive. We had such a accident in the last weeks here in Germany!</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is just nothing in the world the Chinese won&#039;t copy. Be it Montblanc-pens, notebooks or satellites. What surprises me more, is why everybody still loves to do business with them at the same time. 
Airbus just opened its first assembly-line in China; politicians and selfish business-men are full of praise about it, while everybody else is shaking their heads in disbelief. 

Fake cellphone-batteries that don&#039;t work, but are manufactured (and disposed of) under environmentally doubtful conditions are a nuisance. You spend your money on ordering a battery, wait several days until it&#039;s delivered to your home, then find out it is useless.
However, there are some good sides to it. I recall my first mobile phone ever, which I had bought in 1994 in Germany. At that time, people still sneered at me for having it (&quot;Schwanzverlängerung&quot;, &quot;Angeber&quot;, &quot;Neureich&quot;) ;-) - two years later, everybody had one. My first one was an Alcatel HB200 - at that time modern. Without making fun of its features compared to nowadays&#039; technology: the fact was that its battery was almost 500 grams heavy, and lasted eight hours standby or one hour&#039;s worth of conversation. At one time, the battery-charger broke, and a replacement cost me around 150 Deutsche Mark - fifteen years ago, that was 10% of my monthly salary.
Fortunately, I never needed a new battery, because I got an entirely new cellphone after one year. But if I had, it would have cost around DM 270,- according to the dealer.

Compare that to nowadays&#039; battery-prices. It would still upset me to waste my time and money with a six-Euro-battery that doesn&#039;t work. But the drop in prices at least makes it less of a catastrophe. :-)

By the way, I bought a new Nokia-battery charger in Taiwan as well while I was there, because I wanted one that fits the local electric sockets, instead of having to use an adapter.
It cost me the equivalent of 2,80 Euros! 
It&#039;s certainly not an original (though the difference is hard to tell), but it worked absolutely fine. The authentic Nokia-charger costs 16 Euros at home, and does nothing more than charging my cellphone battery either.

Perhaps I shouldn&#039;t complain too much about the Chinese attitude to other people&#039;s property, nor be surprised about why everybody wants to trade with them. :-/</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is just nothing in the world the Chinese won&#8217;t copy. Be it Montblanc-pens, notebooks or satellites. What surprises me more, is why everybody still loves to do business with them at the same time.<br />
Airbus just opened its first assembly-line in China; politicians and selfish business-men are full of praise about it, while everybody else is shaking their heads in disbelief. </p>
<p>Fake cellphone-batteries that don&#8217;t work, but are manufactured (and disposed of) under environmentally doubtful conditions are a nuisance. You spend your money on ordering a battery, wait several days until it&#8217;s delivered to your home, then find out it is useless.<br />
However, there are some good sides to it. I recall my first mobile phone ever, which I had bought in 1994 in Germany. At that time, people still sneered at me for having it (&#8220;Schwanzverlängerung&#8221;, &#8220;Angeber&#8221;, &#8220;Neureich&#8221;) ;-) &#8211; two years later, everybody had one. My first one was an Alcatel HB200 &#8211; at that time modern. Without making fun of its features compared to nowadays&#8217; technology: the fact was that its battery was almost 500 grams heavy, and lasted eight hours standby or one hour&#8217;s worth of conversation. At one time, the battery-charger broke, and a replacement cost me around 150 Deutsche Mark &#8211; fifteen years ago, that was 10% of my monthly salary.<br />
Fortunately, I never needed a new battery, because I got an entirely new cellphone after one year. But if I had, it would have cost around DM 270,- according to the dealer.</p>
<p>Compare that to nowadays&#8217; battery-prices. It would still upset me to waste my time and money with a six-Euro-battery that doesn&#8217;t work. But the drop in prices at least makes it less of a catastrophe. :-)</p>
<p>By the way, I bought a new Nokia-battery charger in Taiwan as well while I was there, because I wanted one that fits the local electric sockets, instead of having to use an adapter.<br />
It cost me the equivalent of 2,80 Euros!<br />
It&#8217;s certainly not an original (though the difference is hard to tell), but it worked absolutely fine. The authentic Nokia-charger costs 16 Euros at home, and does nothing more than charging my cellphone battery either.</p>
<p>Perhaps I shouldn&#8217;t complain too much about the Chinese attitude to other people&#8217;s property, nor be surprised about why everybody wants to trade with them. :-/</p>
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