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Meizu MX hands-on: iPhone style, Android power

When I first caught wind of the Meizu MX, I have to say I was skeptical. That’s because Meizu is known in gadget circles, and especially to iOS fanboys, as that evil Chinese company that copies Apple designs to create its own Android handsets.

Serious Android adherents, though, the sort who spend time loitering in dark corners of the Internet and seedy tech forums like XDA Developers (a great resource, by the way), have a different view of Meizu. To these bold folk, Meizu is a daring champion of innovation with the mission of proving that what Apple does is nothing special. In fact, Android phones can do much more than iPhones, with just as much flash and polish.

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Tracking device on stolen iPad leads cops to the thief’s home (where they discover dozens more stolen Christmas gifts)

An iPhone application was used to track down a stolen iPad and the man who allegedly took it from underneath a family’s Christmas tree.

Ken Gootnick from Los Angeles, California was woken at 3 a.m. on Christmas morning by a thief ransacking his family’s presents.

Mr Gootnick chased the robber but he managed to escape with his swag – including an Apple iPad.

Mr Gootnick switched on the ‘Find my iPhone’ app that sends out a signal to the device.

App-rehended: Patrick Krewson allegedly stole an iPad from a family’s Christmas tree. He was arrested after the iPad’s locator device showed he lived nearby

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