Well it’s taken a while, but the high priced netbook has been cloned in China for a lot less. The original HP Mini 100 Vivienne Tam edition netbook features a 10 inch display, 1.8 inch HDD along with a selling price of $700. HP are now phasing out the HP Mini 1000, which includes the Vivienne Tam model, so it’s not surprising to see that it’s been cloned. From the photo, the colors look less vibrant, but it’s not clear if they are, or if it’s due to the photo light. Again, the clone model features a 10 inch display along with a HDD storage. The HDD on the clone however is a 2.5 inch HDD. It’s not clear if this affects the size of the netbook though. Whether it does or not though, pretty much becomes irrelevant when the price is considered. The Vivienne Tam clone is retailing for $300, making it less than half the price of the genuine model. The clone is created by Qifang Electronics and appears to only be available in China.

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While some netbooks look very familar to the Acer Aspire One and others, the JingWah Digital Fashion A10 netbook is a clone of the Acer Aspire One. From the exterior, both the netbooks are of similar appearance from the location of the model number on the case, to the metal hinge on the netbook. Inside however is a different matter. The A10 features a VIA C7M CPU, while the original Aspire One comes with the Intel Atom N270.

Other specs of the netbook include an 8.9 inch display, 1GB of RAM, WiFi and 160GB HDD. Where the “Aspire One” wording would be found, it’s replaced with “Fashion A10″. Availability is limited to China and as of yet, no information on pricing, apart from an online auction advert, with a very suspicious 1 Euro pricing.

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