Acer has suddenly postponed the launch in China of a smartphone called the “Acer CloudMobile A800.” When journalists went to the expected launch in Shanghai, Acer reportedly told them it had been canceled for internal reasons. Acer and Google are not commenting publicly — and neither company responded to our request to comment for this story. However, speculation is rampant that Google — one of Acer’s main clients — objected to the launch of the device because it sports the Aliyun mobile operating system developed by AliCloud, a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group.
I think with this move we should all realize that just because Android is free does not mean it does not come with baggage.
Its clear Google is no better then a Microsoft or Apple when it comes to being open. At one point I think some of us thought Google would become a different company trying to create operating systems like Google Chrome OS and Android that allow for more customization and open development. But I guess it also was just a way for Google to dominate a sector of hardware and to be able to dictate to its partners what they do. Does this sound anything like Apple or Microsoft? Well of course it does.
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Did Google Give Acer's New Phone the Evil Eye?
Posted by: Erika Morphy September 14, 2012 11:22 AMAcer has suddenly postponed the launch in China of a smartphone called the “Acer CloudMobile A800.” When journalists went to the expected launch in Shanghai, Acer reportedly told them it had been canceled for internal reasons. Acer and Google are not commenting publicly — and neither company responded to our request to comment for this story. However, speculation is rampant that Google — one of Acer’s main clients — objected to the launch of the device because it sports the Aliyun mobile operating system developed by AliCloud, a subsidiary of the Alibaba Group.
Its clear Google is no better then a Microsoft or Apple when it comes to being open. At one point I think some of us thought Google would become a different company trying to create operating systems like Google Chrome OS and Android that allow for more customization and open development. But I guess it also was just a way for Google to dominate a sector of hardware and to be able to dictate to its partners what they do. Does this sound anything like Apple or Microsoft? Well of course it does.