Alibaba Creates Aliyun Mobile OS to Compete with iOS, Android

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 30 Jul, 2011
Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba plans to roll out a new mobile phone OS, dubbed Aliyun OS, inside a phone and tablet for the Chinese market. The OS will debut inside a phone and tablet from Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment ...

Move over Android, China has a new cloud-based phone!

Reuters - Kevin C. Tofel - 30 Jul, 2011
Android and iOS phones may be gaining traction around the world, but after three years of development, Alibaba thinks there's room in China for another smartphone platform. The company is launching its mobile platform, ...

Chinese giant Alibaba offers 'Cloudphone'

Register - John Oates - 30 Jul, 2011
Chinese internet behemoth Alibaba is getting into software with the launch of a mobile operating system and handset. The company said the K-Touch Cloud-Smart Phone W700 would be the first of a family of devices ...

Alibaba takes on Google and Apple

BBC News - 30 Jul, 2011
China's Alibaba has taken on established players such as Google and Apple in the mobile operating system market. It has launched its own operating system, Alyun OS, in a bid to capture the fast-growing Chinese market. The launch comes as sales of ...

Obscure Chinese Company Debuts OS on Obscure Chinese Phone

Wired News - Christina Bonnington - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
Aliyun, a new mobile OS by Alibaba Group, should be available in English later this year. Image: Penn Olson Android, iOS …. they're so mainstream now. And Windows Phone 7, webOS and Symbian could use another competitor on the ...

Alibaba to launch mobile operating system

Financial Times - Kathrin Hille - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce company, is mounting a challenge to several leading technology companies with the launch of its own mobile operating system. Beijing Tianyu Communications Equipment, a Chinese handset ...

Yahoo! Partner Alibaba Offers 'Aliyun' Smartphone OS

Barron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
China Daily this morning reports that Yahoo!'s partner in China, Alibaba Group, in which Yahoo! owns a majority stake, is set to offer its own smartphone in China, the “K-Touch Cloud Smartphone,” running Alibaba's own operating system, ...

Alibaba OS-powered handset launching this month

CNET - Don Reisinger - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
Dubbed Aliyun OS, the operating system has been developed by Alibaba division AliCloud. According to the company, the mobile operating system will launch in the Chinese market on the K-Touch Cloud-Smart Phone W700 by the end of this ...

China's Alibaba Unveils New Mobile OS

PCWorld - Michael Kan - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has launched its own mobile operating system for handsets and tablets in its home country, with the aim of promoting its online products in its home country as both Android and Apple's iOS ...

Alibaba Rolls Out Mobile-Phone Operating System

Wall Street Journal - Owen Fletcher - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
BEIJING"E-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said Thursday that the first mobile phone using an Alibaba-developed operating system will go on sale in China at the end of the month, kicking off competition with Apple Inc., ...

Alibaba to launch "Cloud OS" tablet computers by year-end

Reuters - Terril Jones, Melanie Lee - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group's cloud computing unit is in talks with Qualcomm to develop chipsets for lower-end smartphones using Alibaba's self-developed mobile operating system, an executive said on Thursday. Alibaba Cloud Computing is also ...

Alibaba Group Launches Mobile Phone Operating System

Wall Street Journal - Owen Fletcher - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
BEIJING (Dow Jones)--Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said Thursday a partner will launch at the end of July the first mobile phone in China to use an operating system developed by Alibaba, kicking off competition with Apple Inc. (AAPL), ...

Alibaba launches smartphone running its Cloud OS

IBNLive.com - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
Beijing: Alibaba Group launched its self-developed mobile operating system and a smartphone on Thursday in a bid to capture a slice of China's rapidly growing mobile Internet market. The smartphone, K-Touch Cloud Smartphone, will be launched in July ...

China Reveals New Cloud-Based Phone

Secaucus New Jersey News - Judy Standifer - 30 Jul, 2011
A new smart phone platform will be launched by Alibaba in China. Called Aliyun, it will be deployed on the K-Touch W700 handset in the latter part of July 2011. This new platform boasts cloud-based applications, but can be used along with Google ...

Chinese ecommerce company to launch new mobile operating system

Mobile bloom News - 30 Jul, 2011
The mobile industry has seen some heavy hitters enter the ring and the competition can be extremely tough in a world that is getting more mobile by the minute. Chinese e-commerce company, Alibaba Group, is looking to get into that ring and challenge ...

Chinese firm Alibaba announces new smartphone OS - Aliyun

PhysOrg.com - Bob Yirka - 30 Jul, 2011
Alibaba Group, a Chinese e-commerce company has announced the development of a new OS for smartphones; called Aliyun, it will initially run on the K-Touch Cloud-Smart Phone W700, built by Beijing Tianyu Communications, a Chinese handset maker. ...

Alibaba Presents K-Touch W700 Smartphone and Aliyun OS

DigitalVersus - Catherine Barraclough - 30 Jul, 2011
Alibaba.com has nothing to do with hidden treasure and 40 thieves"it's a Chinese e-commerce platform that recently announced plans to release an 'intelligent' mobile phone equipped with a brand new operating system. After announcing the news last week, ...

Cloud-based mobile OS goes live in China

Pocket-lint.com - Paul Lamkin - 30 Jul, 2011
Alibaba, the Hangzhou-based group of internet businesses (not to be confused with Ali Baba - the finest Kebab establishment in Southend-on-Sea), has pipped Mozilla to the punch by announcing a mobile OS that is cloud-powered. ...

China mobile OS takes aim at smartphone giants

PC Pro - Stewart Mitchell - 30 Jul, 2011
A Chinese company is hoping to shake up the smartphone market with a cloud-centric mobile operating system. According to Alibaba Cloud Computing, its Aliyun OS is different from those running handsets such as Apple's iPhone and ...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. All Set to Launch its Operating System “Aliyun OS”

News Tonight - Shreya Basu - 30 Jul, 2011
The Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced that mobile phones with Alibaba operating system will be available in the markets of China by the end of July. The company claims that their operating system will give a tough blow to the Apple Inc., ...

Alibaba to launch Aliyun, an Android-compatible cloud-based mobile and tablet OS

Digit - 30 Jul, 2011
Hong Kong-based e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group has announced it will be launching its first mobile operating system, called Aliyun. The first phone, manufactured by Beijing Tianyu, is expected to go on sale in China by the end of the month. ...

Explained: Alibaba's Aliyun [Cloud Based Mobile OS]

pluGGd.in - Chaitanya Khanapure - 30 Jul, 2011
Chinese e-commerce giant, Alibaba's newly unveiled mobile OS is creating quite a stir on the Internet and some are hailing it as the next big thing while others are saying it will be a complete ...

Alibaba to Bring Out its Own 'Aliyun' OS

Tech2 - 30 Jul, 2011
Popular e-commerce brand in China, Alibaba, is gearing up for the bigger game. Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will by the end of this month have its own operating system powered smartphone device rolled out for sale in China. The OS is essentially based on ...

Alibaba Developing Mobile OS to Rival Android & iOS [Chinese e-Commerce ...

TFTS (blog) - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
As if the current slew of mobile operating systems isn't enough, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has launched its very own Aliyun OS for mobile devices. Aliyun OS is a Linux derivative, similar to Android. And as such, Alibaba says the smartphone and ...

Alibaba To Pit Mobile OS Against Apple iOS, Google Android

ITProPortal - Desire Athow - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has announced today that it will launch a new mobile operating system called the Aliyun OS together with a new smartphone in partnership with K-Touch, the W700. The mobile operating system will be available later this ...

Alibaba Launches First Aliyun OS In China, Hopes To Rival Android And iOS

TheUnlockr.com - Amy Eichelberg - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
A great free site for those who want to unlock their device's true potential! Tons of cell phone and tablet How To's, Reviews, and Wireless News! Move over Android and iOS there's a new player in town. Well, not yet exactly as a new operating system ...

Linux Mobile Targets Android in China

Mobiledia - Kendra Srivastava - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
A Linux-based mobile OS is set to launch in China, presenting a possible threat to competitors as they vie for smartphone and tablet customers in the Asian market. Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba says ...

Alibaba to launch mobile OS for China

IntoMobile - Marin Perez - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
The e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to have a mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets that will target Chinese consumers, according to a report from the Financial Times. Alibaba will have a smartphone with its OS very soon and a tablet will ...

Alibaba teams with K-touch on new phone

Shanghai Daily (subscription) - Ding Yining - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
ALIBABA Group has teamed up with mobile phone maker K-touch to launch a new smartphone model with an operating system to bring more e-commerce applications to China's growing number of mobile Internet ...

Alibaba Prepares Cloud-Based Mobile OS For Exploding Chinese Market

MocoNews - ‎Jul 28, 2011‎
It's hard to imagine that the world needs another mobile operating system, but it may be exactly what China needs. Alibaba's mobile group is preparing a Web-based mobile operating system for phones and tablets that could give the world's largest mobile ...

 

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