Taobao And Gionee Set To Unveil "Taobao Moonlight Phone" After Gets Approval In China

(GSM Insider) - There are rumours stated that Chinese online shopping website Taobao set to release its own which is known as the "Taobao Moonlight Phone" or 淘宝月光手机 in Mandarin. "Taobao Moonlight Phone" is manufactured by Chinese smartphone maker, Gionee. 

According to rumours, Gionee GN858 is the model number of "Taobao Moonlight Phone". It has a 4.3 inches display with the resolution of 800 x 480. The display material is super AMOLED Plus. "Taobao Moonlight Phone" powered by a 1GHz MT6577 dual-core processor. The ROM storage is 4GB while the RAM memory is 1GB. It has two camera where the main camera has 5 mega-pixel shooter while the front camera is a VGA. 

"Taobao Moonlight Phone" (Gionee GN858) comes with Aliyun OS. Aliyun OS is the operating system which is based on Android but different from Android. Furthermore, it is preloaded with many Taobao apps.   

Taobao set to announce the "Taobao Moonlight Phone" on 16 October 2012 in Hangzhou, China.  [source]

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Google Admits Pressuring Acer Over Aliyun OS Handset

(GSM Insider) - Acer set to unveil the Acer CloudMobile A800 in China, but the handset was cancelled in last minutes due to the pressure from Google. Acer CloudMobile A800 runs on Aliyun OS which is a Linux-based operating system.

Google said use of an incompatible version of Android contravened Acer's membership of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), established in 2007 to promote open source Android against other platforms from Nokia, Samsung, Apple, Microsoft and RIM.

The alliance currently counts 85 different companies among its ranks and includes an agreement not to make phones that run incompatible versions of Android.

“Compatibility is at the heart of the Android ecosystem and ensures a consistent experience for developers, manufacturers and consumers," Google said in a statement.

“Non-compatible versions of Android, like Aliyun, weaken the ecosystem. All members of the Open Handset Alliance have committed to building one Android platform and to not ship non-compatible Android devices.

“This does not however, keep OHA members from participating in competing ecosystems,” Google says.

"It is ironic that a company that talks freely about openness is espousing a closed ecosystem," according to statement from Alibaba.

"Aliyun OS is not part of the Android ecosystem, so of course Aliyun OS is not, and does not have to be, compatible with Android. This is like saying that because they own the Googleplex in Mountain View, therefore anyone who builds in Mountain View is part of the Googleplex. 

“Will someone please ask Google to define Android?" Alibaba added. 

Seems like the battle going to happen between Google and Alibaba in China. Both Android and Aliyun OS based on the Linux. But it is hard to define each others roles in it. 

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