Usually bootlegging - many 'clone' phones use a re-themed and modified Windows Mobile 6. What's interesting is that with Google Android, the phone OS is now an

Usually bootlegging - many 'clone' phones use a re-themed and modified Windows Mobile 6. What's interesting is that with Google Android, the phone OS is now an open game. However, Android requires significant CPU horsepower generally not found in Chinese phones. This didn't stop the manufacturers of the 'Dream G2,' a phone designed to look like Android. But (unfortunately) it's not: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dream-g2-doesnt-get-the-irony-of-ripping-off-an-open-source-os/ http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/dream-g2-doesnt-get-the-i...