Here in China, flashcards market is experiencing a "warring states period". You can find dozens of flashcards brand in the market. R4/M3/TTDS/supercard DSONE/N5/Edge/"R4 II"/ "R4 III"/ Ncard/TTDS clone.... I think it all started from TTDS... like R4, TTDS invading the market with its low price. Forcing other manufacturers to cut their price to defend this new-comer. ppl say it is a R4 clone for it is so similiar to R4, even their website is highly identical to R4's. and TTDS suceeded, many R4 and M3 fans turned to TTDS, and which also enlightened some guys who are desperated to earn some quick money on R4. Then "R4 II upgrade" is out, it is said to be a crappy "sticker-tricky" clone from ***card. I believe some of you guys here might get cheated by it even though it works if you do not upgrade it from the R4 official kernels. And it is not the end... "New version R4" released! It is also highly identical to R4's package (let's say "almost same"). and it is a double-IC product which is said to be compatible to official R4 kernels. I think some of you might have kind of experience with that. Finally the technical barrier has been removed by some genius ?! Business ppl here compained that they have to bring a screwdriver to buy R4 in case they bought a clone with R4 price. Rumours never stop! It is said that a new R4 clone will appear. It said that the PCB framework is the same/ and ever they copied the mark of "card-7A" "card-7B" on the surface of PCB.----which is to say, even if you bring a screwdriver to open the shell,you can not find any difference... So... Why they hate/like R4 so much? What if R4 released a new kernel which is not compatible with those clones? And what is the next move of those clones? What will we have next? M3 clone? TTDS clone? N5 clone? LOL!
people are most likely to buy the cheapest and more often than not, 'you get what you pay for' the N5 is the cheapest (at dealextreme) of all the cards available and whats the reason? because its crap, i've read so many bad reports in different forums. best advice for any new buyers is : buy from good known brands such as Acekard, Supercard CycloDS from retailers with good feedbacks, research in forums such as here or GBAtemp.net for recomendations.
Some Clones are not bad... Some however most from china are another story. You cannot find or upgrade at all.
