Product clones or knock-offs appearing on the market way before the originals do is not exactly a big surprise these days (after all, the originals and copies are manufactured in exactly the same part of the world, namely China), but things are in fact a bit unusual when another big name in the industry is involved, apart from the original manufacturer, that is.

And that's exactly the case with a company called Eedoo, who's launched a device called the eBox, which is, by all accounts, a clone of the new, slimmer Xbox 360, accompanied by a motion-capture control system curiously akin to Microsoft's Kinect.

While Eedoo's technical accomplishment is indeed noteworthy, that's not the strangest thing about this whole situation.

No, in fact, what's really a bit mind-boggling is that, as Chinaoggi and Chinagame inform us, Eedoo is co-founded by IT-giant Lenovo, together with Legend Holdings and Legend Capital.

Of course, nobody's stopping Lenovo from being indirectly involved in the launch of Xbox 360 and Kinect knock-offs (from what we see, they're the ones actually providing the technical know-how), but the fact that the control solutions of choice are so very similar has to raise some questions.

Unfortunately, very few details regarding the upcoming eBox gaming console have been provided thus far, but we do know that we should expect somewhat of an official announcement regarding this thing at some point in November, with official availability being apparently estimated for early 2011.  



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