Aliyun wants to be China's Android

Aliyun mobile operating system rearing its head in China and plans to be more popular Android. Weapons: Price and cloud computing


Based on Linux, using the cloud. Aliyun
While Apple and Samsung scuffle in court on copyright, patents and similarities between the Android iOS has a single operating system that came behind them and try to be a major player in this market as well. The reason probably never heard of it is that at least for now is only for the Chinese market, where it was created and there is a market. Her name is Aliyun, and she was launched in July 2011 by the Chinese giant Alibaba corporation, sends him a line of Internet and computing projects when the seller which is a trade alibaba.com.
Construction of the system to Alibaba took three years, during which she worked more than 1,600 engineers. Unlike iOS and Android, which allows local applications installed on the device, Aliyun (based on the operating system with the open source Linux) running applications sitting on the servers, through the use of cloud computing. Android applications is known as Aliyun contains Android compatibility mode.
"Mobile users want an open operating system and more comfortable, allowing them to enjoy all the Internet has to offer, and cloud-based operating system allows it," declared president of Alibaba cloud computing with the launch of the system in 2011.
Besides being China's huge market, it is also one in which the field of smart phones is growing rapidly - something that definitely gives potential for an operating system designed specifically to him. China already has one billion mobile users (the state is expected to pass this year the United States the number of these devices, and constitute more than a quarter of the global market) and cheap smartphones (such Hmtumhrim less than two hundred dollars) is a category that has grown sharply in the past year.



"Android is not able to provide a good user experience for the Chinese market. We do"

Marketed by the two companies, three more will come soon. Unlocked Based Aliyun
In an interview recently announced Zeng Ming, vice president of Alibaba Group's strategy, the company sees increasing demand created by the operating system for smartphone manufacturers. Whereas today call Aliyun manufactured by two companies - Beijing Tianyu Communication Equipment Co (which markets them under the brand name K- Touch) and Haier, at Alibaba expect that three companies will begin using the system soon. "We want to be China's Android. We already have some partners along the way. If I was a manufacturer phones and my only option was to Android - it was scary. Every company wants to have at least two suppliers, "he said. He also mentioned that Google is at a disadvantage in China, because search services, e and its maps are limited in the country, and the company is losing market share in these areas." Android can not provide a good user experience to the Chinese market - but We do, "said Zeng.
This disadvantage compared to Android's advantages of Aliyun include the integration of local payment services. Recently announced a system update will upgrade the built-in search engine management and information flow more efficient. Alibaba also plans to implement the system, shopping sites, and make their use easier. However, it is estimated that Android will not disappear quickly - so that China, in part thanks to the Eco - System is built around. Zeng also from Alibaba admits it will take time before that Aliyun become a significant player in the smartphone market.