PS Vita Cloned Already

Submitted by Demonchild; December 13, 2011

Sony's next flagship product is not even released in Japan but a clone has already slipped out available for sale. The Chinese clone is called the Yinlips YDPG18 and it may not have two analog sticks but it's packing Android. Not only that, it comes with a microSD slot, mini HDMI port and two cameras. What else does this puppy hold? Let's see:

The YDPG18 comes with a 5" touchscreen display, a 1.2 GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of internal memory. Digging deeper, the clone is able to play NES, SNES, Gameboy, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, MAME and N64 roms as well as 3D PSX and Android games. On top of that, the clone supports Flash 10 games. With the clone running Android, the list may be expanded. Perhaps, it'll get rooted and a custom ROM will be pushed for it. :P

The YDPG18 is on sale at iShareGifts for $126. For those who have or are thinking of canceling their Vita preorders, how does this float the boat for you? Hehe.

Source: Kotaku

Tags: chinese, Yinlips YDPG18

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# juggalomars 2011-12-13 18:01

Sounds pretty cool for a clone.

# Guest 2011-12-13 18:46

I support open projects like this. Sony should learn by example and stop locking users out of key features, like locking people out of playing their newly purchased games who don't have internet in their homes and forcing them to update their firmware or their game won't play. Fuck you, Sony. I hope every Chinese knock-off damages your sales and hackers prevail to bring down the PS3.

# pixelheart 2011-12-13 18:46

# Guest 2011-12-13 18:54

i completely agree with pixelheart.

# Wr0zen 2011-12-13 19:03

i completely agree with pixel heart. they need to finally learn a lesson and stop fuckin us over.

# Guest 2011-12-13 19:50

I second that motion. Whatever happened to the Sony we knew during the days of the PlayStation One? I'm not buying a Vita, and I think I'll stick with my third-generation PSP slim...

# Xfri 2011-12-13 20:38

Don't Support China Counterfeit Cheap Products in Short CCCP. Sony Long Live Play, PSVITA RULES.

# Guest 2011-12-13 22:24

Talking about the vita?

Casue psp umd's ship wiht the required firmware to play the game on the disk.

# Guest 2011-12-14 02:10

..to sony company..its better to create a new law against gadgets cloning it really affects the other company building new advanced like psvita..especially to those who already purchased a pre-orders..

# pixelheart 2011-12-14 05:32

You're a moron... *facepalm*

# Guest 2011-12-14 12:24

Seriously!? Dumbass

# Guest 2011-12-15 01:17

Hahaha yu are just stupid

# jastolze 2011-12-15 03:54

I just purchased mine! Can't wait!!!

# Guest 2011-12-15 08:17

Please give a message back when you have it.
I'm pondering to buy it myself.

# Guest 2011-12-15 11:29

i would just get a psp 3000 instead, its the same price, and it can do double the things the jilips can do.

# xVsQ EDiiTzZ 2011-12-17 02:51

I agree with pixelheart, Sony do need to STOP restricting our use of the console that we paid £250/$300 for, if someone finds out how to allow us to do everything that the console allows, so be it, this means that Sony hasn't made the software good enough, and forcing us to update to go online is annoying, what if i am not getting a PS Vita, do I really need this 'PS Vita System Application Utility'? Hell no, just another part of the PS3 which I will not be using. And if someone finds out how to do challenge lobbies, so what, they worked hard to find out how, so let us be. Sony has gone into shit recently with their PS3, however I do love their other products like TV's etc. And just think about it Sony, if KaKaRoTo has the 4.00 jailbreak, just admit it, we have won! The PS3 will be forever blown open!

# Guest 2011-12-17 12:42

they should've made this with a different model, i won't buy it because i hate scams, if it had another carcasse all of my money.

# Nodge 2011-12-17 13:41

Pixelheart: "Fuck you, Sony. I hope every Chinese knock-off damages your sales and hackers prevail to bring down the PS3."

LMAO too right!! Commadore did not stop people from having full access to the Amiga and no one used excuses back then about devs being put off from coding games just because it was possible to copy them to blag people about cfw and equivalent.

# Guest 2011-12-18 00:50

lol. the updates on a ps3 are always important. what you dont know is for every noticeable change there is 20+ other less visable changes. and if its psn changes, its neccisary

# Guest 2011-12-18 03:40

sony own the copyright for hardware ! chinese stuff only for cheap ppl ! those fake cannot play vita/psp game, so, forget it..

# Guest 2011-12-19 05:10

Just wanted to put this out there. I love Sony products. Modified the way I want them. Yes it's work, but so is everything else in life. And FYI, if the ps3 "goes down", which it won't. But if it does, we have more pretty little toys to play with. The xbox can be opened just like any other box.

# Guest 2011-12-19 12:59

Pretty good clone...Android for the Win.

# Guest 2011-12-20 06:50

Not bad...

# Guest 2011-12-21 01:18

This is great!!!!!!!!! I will buy one of theese devices!!!!

# Guest 2011-12-21 18:03

This looks sick! I want it! I wonder if N64 games are full speed?

# Guest 2011-12-21 19:13

I do not agree it is a PS Vita. It is only a retro Andriod game console which supports muti-gaming via WIFI and can down Apps in Andriod market. That is it.

# jastolze 2011-12-22 04:32

It doesn't support multi touch in games like quake 3, and the battery lasts only 2 1/2 hours but other than that it's great!

# Guest 2011-12-22 08:27

You won't be playing N64 games at full speed with this. It only has a single core processor and 512MB of RAM. If it was dual core with 1GB of RAM then it would be better. At least it will probably not have a locked bootloader.

# Guest 2011-12-23 11:36

producing 72% of shit since 1953

# jastolze 2011-12-24 09:58

A decent amount are. However, If you could somehow update the emu's, then it would run much smoother. Goldeneye only runs a bit faster than on a psp, but with sound. I've tried zelda, and it's pretty much the same, and mario kart runs perfectly. I give it an 8/10 for running n64 games. The battery life sucks though. :/

# Guest 2011-12-30 08:41

A Clone means it does what the Vita does, which it doesn't. So it's full of crap.

# Guest 2012-01-04 09:27

Already rooted to install apps from the Android Marketplace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtDAJd6AQ4o

# Guest 2012-02-23 12:40

That is the biggest f-ing problem with our world CORPORATIONS SHOULDNT CREATE LAWS. That the most basic level of corruption that has butt raped america, corporations creating laws in order to make money. It is not the place of corporations to make laws. That is reserved solely for the government. Nearly every law created with the influence of a major corporation has done nothing but screw up the system and f over the common man. Your comment contains a staggering amount of ignorance.

# Guest 2012-02-23 12:42

no. Sony releases those stupid updates to fight a petty little war with people who want to mod their gadgets.

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