Alibaba Mobile OS Aliyun & K-Touch Cloud-Smart Phone W700

Finaly the suspense is over after Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has launched its own mobile operating system for handsets and tablets in China. The decision was made after the success of Android and Apple's iOS devices. Alibaba is primarily aiming to promote Chinese industry of IT services and also its online products such as B2B Marketplace (Alibaba.com), Taobao and group shopping in its China with this operating system.

Alibaba subsidiary Alibaba Cloud Computing unveiled the Aliyun OS on Thursday July 28, 2011, and displayed a Chinese-manufactured smartphone using the Linux-based operating system. As per the sources this phone will be available in Chinese makrets by the end of July, 2009 at estimated cost of 2,680 yuan (US$416). A tablet (AKA APAD in China) running the Aliyun is also expected to be launched in China later this year.

Competitive Advantage of Aliyun over Android & Apple iOS

The Aliyun OS not only can run Android apps, but it can also run Web-based apps built with HTML 5 or JavaScript. This feature will allow Alibaba and third-party developers to more easily deliver online products to devices using the operating system without having users to download any software, said Wang Jian, president of Alibaba Cloud Computing.

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