Android in China -- oPhone - TechHui2024-03-29T12:42:28Zhttp://www.techhui.com/forum/topics/android-in-china-ophone?groupUrl=android&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThat is very interesting. It…tag:www.techhui.com,2010-07-22:1702911:Comment:647652010-07-22T22:14:55.407ZDaniel Leuckhttp://www.techhui.com/profile/dleuck
That is very interesting. It sounds like what they have done is perfectly legal, but unless a Chinese company or organization creates equivalents of the valuable services Google provides - the market, search services, compatibility tests, etc., they may find that cutting out Google wasn't as beneficial as it first appeared. Also, as the fork diverges, it will become increasingly difficult to incorporate updates to the platform by Google and its partners.<br />
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I'm sure companies like…
That is very interesting. It sounds like what they have done is perfectly legal, but unless a Chinese company or organization creates equivalents of the valuable services Google provides - the market, search services, compatibility tests, etc., they may find that cutting out Google wasn't as beneficial as it first appeared. Also, as the fork diverges, it will become increasingly difficult to incorporate updates to the platform by Google and its partners.<br />
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I'm sure companies like <a href="http://www.baidu.com" target="_blank">Baidu</a> are interested in filling Google's mobile shoes in China, but although they provide a good search engine, they lack Google's deep experience with defining, implementing and managing software standards, libraries and systems.