06 September 2011 | Author: L Boyd Media Intern
Chinese internet company Baidu is set to partner with PC giant Dell to develop smartphones that will run new software platform, Baidu Yi.
The Baidu Yi platform, announced on Friday, has been developed to tackle the highly competitive Chinese mobile market and the software will be installed as standard on the new soon to be released Dell smartphones. Although not an operating system in itself, it has been reported that Baidu Yi is based on Android software.
The Guardian reports that Baidu has announced that its own version of Google Android mobile operating system will be upcoming. Seeing as the Chinese search engine has long voiced its displeasure with Google, it's likely it will take advantage of the fact Android can be altered to remove the default Google search function and apps.
Baidu is China's top search engine with an 80 per cent share of the market, and, not content with only expanding into smartphones, it also plans to develop tablet computers and go head to head with market leaders Apple and Lenovo.
Analysts believe this latest partnership could signal a turning point in the fortunes of Dell's waning tablet business. Dell's Streak 5 was an Android-based smartphone-tablet hybrid that failed to take off and which was therefore discontinued in the US last month.
"Dell has got nothing to lose, they don't have a big mobile presence, so by partnering Baidu, they will probably get some momentum for their mobile products," says Garter research director, Sandy Shen.
Speculation in the Chinese media is that the devices will be launched sometime in November, but whether these latest products can truly conquer the might of the iPad and iPhone in the Chinese market, remains to be seen.
Dell builds smartphones for new Baidu Yi platform
Chinese internet company Baidu is set to partner with PC giant Dell to develop smartphones that will run new software platform, Baidu Yi.The Baidu Yi platform, announced on Friday, has been developed to tackle the highly competitive Chinese mobile market and the software will be installed as standard on the new soon to be released Dell smartphones. Although not an operating system in itself, it has been reported that Baidu Yi is based on Android software.
The Guardian reports that Baidu has announced that its own version of Google Android mobile operating system will be upcoming. Seeing as the Chinese search engine has long voiced its displeasure with Google, it's likely it will take advantage of the fact Android can be altered to remove the default Google search function and apps.
Baidu is China's top search engine with an 80 per cent share of the market, and, not content with only expanding into smartphones, it also plans to develop tablet computers and go head to head with market leaders Apple and Lenovo.
Analysts believe this latest partnership could signal a turning point in the fortunes of Dell's waning tablet business. Dell's Streak 5 was an Android-based smartphone-tablet hybrid that failed to take off and which was therefore discontinued in the US last month.
"Dell has got nothing to lose, they don't have a big mobile presence, so by partnering Baidu, they will probably get some momentum for their mobile products," says Garter research director, Sandy Shen.
Speculation in the Chinese media is that the devices will be launched sometime in November, but whether these latest products can truly conquer the might of the iPad and iPhone in the Chinese market, remains to be seen.
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