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Oakbook! - combs - 08-04-2017
https://www.cloudmedia.com/?page_id=2371
Huh, looks familiar...
RE: Oakbook! - MarkHaysHarris777 - 08-04-2017
ok...
... now compare to this:
Also looks familiar ?
Actually, many many vendors use the same case design because the injection plastic design process is so expensive; it can cost as much as $100K dollars for each new opening in a particular case design; so is extremely expensive as development cost, and case designs are often shared. This particular case design has been used by several vendors.
RE: Oakbook! - pfeerick - 08-05-2017
(08-04-2017, 08:09 PM)combs Wrote: https://www.cloudmedia.com/?page_id=2371
Huh, looks familiar...
There is a reason for that!
If you look a bit closer, you'll realise that that 'our' TL Lim is the founder of Cloud Media, and YC Yeoh is the general manager. Hence there will be a lot of R&D resources shared between the two companies, which are in essense just two different brands used for the different target markets. pine64 does the more developer-y stuff, where as cloud media is the more end user-y stuff.
RE: Oakbook! - combs - 08-05-2017
(08-05-2017, 12:47 AM)pfeerick Wrote:(08-04-2017, 08:09 PM)combs Wrote: https://www.cloudmedia.com/?page_id=2371
Huh, looks familiar...
There is a reason for that!
Cool, that makes sense. thanks for the explanation!