Acer makes a last-minute cancellation of the Acer CloudMobile A800 launch with Alibaba
A planned launch of a smartphone between Acer Inc and a unit of Alibaba Group, China’s greatest e-commerce agency, was canceled on Thursday attributable to what Alibaba said was stress from Google Inc on the Taiwanese group.
Acer and Alibaba’s cloud computing unit had deliberate to launch the Acer CloudMobile A800 smartphone, utilizing Alibaba’s cellular working system, Aliyun, in Shanghai on Thursday afternoon.
However when journalists confirmed up for the event they weren't allowed to enter the venue and an Alibaba Cloud Computing official stated the launch had been canceled due to inner reasons.
Later, Alibaba’s unit released a statement saying Acer had faced stress from Google and pulled out of the launch event.
“Our companion obtained notification from Google that if the new product launch with Aliyun went forward, Google would terminate Android product cooperation and associated technical authorization with Acer,” Alibaba Cloud Computing mentioned in a statement.
A Tokyo-based mostly Google spokesman declined remark, whereas Acer’s Shanghai-primarily based spokeswoman Elaine Cao declined comment.
China is set to grow to be the world’s largest smartphone market in 2012 with Google’s Android mobile operating system having the dominant share of the market.
Judul : Acer Cancels Alibaba Powered Smartphone Launch
Deskripsi : Acer makes a last-minute cancellation of the Acer CloudMobile A800 launch with Alibaba A planned launch of a smartphone between Acer Inc a...