News this week: Hangzhou-based e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, and computer manufacturer Acer had scheduled a
joint press conference to launch a new smartphone. The event was cancelled at
the last minute as Google
stepped in to halt what Google deems to be a breach of the Android Open Handset
Alliance agreement – signed by Acer.
Acer and Alibaba’s Cloud Computing unit were set to unveil the
Acer CloudMobile A800 smartphone, which runs on the Alibaba developed mobile
operating system, Aliyun 2.0 cloud OS.
Google’s Android chief,
Andy Rubin, described the Aliyun platform as a modified version of Android
which is incompatible with other Android devices and thus, as a member of the
Open Handset Alliance, Acer’s use of Aliyun would be a breach of that alliance
agreement.
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