Posted: 2/20/2012 4:21:56 PM EDT
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Got to be good.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/02/20/guns-and-androids-pakistan-air-force-making-ipads/ Pakistan air force unveils homemade 'iPad,' called PacPad KAMRA, Pakistan – Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan's military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad. It's a venture that bundles together Pakistani engineering and Chinese hardware, and shines a light on the military's controversial foothold in the consumer market. Supporters say it will boost the economy as well as a troubled nation's self-esteem. It all comes together at an air force base in Kamra in northern Pakistan, where avionics engineers –– when they're not working on defense projects –– assemble the PACPAD 1. |
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The PAC in the name stands for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, where it is made. The PAC also makes an e-reader and small laptop. Such endeavors are still at the pilot stage and represent just a sliver of the military's business portfolio, which encompasses massive land holdings, flour and sugar mills, hotels, travel agents, even a brand of breakfast cereal.  Those wacky guys! |
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The PAC in the name stands for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, where it is made. The PAC also makes an e-reader and small laptop.
Such endeavors are still at the pilot stage and represent just a sliver of the military's business portfolio, which encompasses massive land holdings, flour and sugar mills, hotels, travel agents, even a brand of breakfast cereal.
Those wacky guys!
And this is another reason why Pakistan pales economically to India. However, the strong military probably keeps pakistan from becoming afghanistan with a few extra KFC's. |
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Wonder if the components are made in the same factories as US Ipad parts...on the same machinery and to (mostly) the same specs...just after the 'regular' production run is done.
Read an article once on the Vibram 5 Fingers shoes (about $100 when they first came out). A lot of fakes hit the market. Some of the best fakes used (reported) came from the exact same factory that made the Vibram product...they'd make the 10,000 or so production run, then the plant manager would run off a whole bunch of clones (using left over materials...and if they ran out, what he could find that was similar)....the only way to tell on some of the fakes was that the strap on the top was shinier than on the factory products. AFARR |
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Quoted: The PAC in the name stands for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, where it is made. The PAC also makes an e-reader and small laptop. Such endeavors are still at the pilot stage and represent just a sliver of the military's business portfolio, which encompasses massive land holdings, flour and sugar mills, hotels, travel agents, even a brand of breakfast cereal. Those wacky guys!   |
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The PAC in the name stands for the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, where it is made. The PAC also makes an e-reader and small laptop.
Such endeavors are still at the pilot stage and represent just a sliver of the military's business portfolio, which encompasses massive land holdings, flour and sugar mills, hotels, travel agents, even a brand of breakfast cereal.
Those wacky guys!
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r316/MACDD/pakipuffs.png 
I wonder if the PakiMade laptops have internet filters to keep people from viewing whoreface stickers online? |
