China Unicom to unveil Android-powered Uphone soon
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd<600050><0762>, the country's second largest telecom operator, is expected to unveil a smartphone powered by Google's Android operating system later this month, sources reported.
The new smartphone uses China Unicom's self-developed UniPlus platform and will thus be called the Uphone. China Unicom's major rival China Mobile Ltd<0941> plans to launch an Android-powered smartphone that runs the Android-based OMS (Open Mobile System) operating system under the Ophone brand in the fourth quarter of this year.
China Unicom last month announced that it will become a member of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), a business alliance established by Google Inc. The company said it will develop and promote mobile phone models based on the Android mobile platform, as well as related services such as mobile phone input methods and voice search.
China Unicom is still in talks with Apple Inc about bringing the iPhone to China, the world's largest handset market.
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