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Android Based Smartphone by Lenovo for China Mobile

Including almost all of China Mobile's services and applications

By Sorin Surdeanu, Mobile Editor

15th of December 2008, 07:22 GMT

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Since Lenovo's cellphone department was taken over by Hony Capital, as we already informed you in an earlier article, the mobile manufacturer has been working very hard on building a really influential name for itself in the cellphone business. Now, it has partnered up with China Mobile to release a promising Android based smartphone.

At the moment, the information flow regarding this smartphone isn't very generous, but rumors are saying that the final device is to become a fierce competitor to all other such mobiles. The Ophone, as it is presumably called, will be compatible with the TD SCDMA standard, which, in informal terms, represents China's 3G network, and will be running on China Mobile's Open mobile System, based on Google's Android.

Moreover, the device is said to feature the usual USB support, Bluetooth and the popular 3.5mm jack, in addition to some iPhone-like specs that come to complete this phone's overall presentation. Besides China Mobile's declaration that the device will be equipped with almost all of its mobile services, no other relevant data has been released. In any case, the most significant issue is that this Ophone is claimed to become one of the “great.”

The only downside is that this Lenovo will be functional only in the Chinese operated network, which is actually quite an advantage for Google, as it has been looking to further exploit this market for some time now. In a nutshell, this represents a battle won by Google in its “war” against Windows Mobile, Nokia's Symbian or the iPhone platform, which apparently had their shot at signing with Lenovo.

Huang Weisong, an analyst from the Chinese news agency Capgemeni, stated on the matter that, "With its own operating system, China Mobile will be able to commission customized terminals from handset makers and keep its hand strong in negotiations over profit sharing. There is even the possibility that China Mobile may move into manufacturing handsets itself."

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