Ex-Google China President to Launch New Mobile OS Based on Android
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Ex-Google China president Kai-Fu Lee announced today via the Wall Street Journal his intention to launch a brand new mobile operating system based around Android. The OS variant doesn’t stray far from its Android origins in naming, either, sticking with the food theme but going for something a bit heartier than dessert. The OS to be named Tapas won’t just be a simple re-skinning of Android, though the modifications being made hardly seem to warrant the need for a brand new OS.
Lee wants to add in software that detects the originating city of incoming calls, built-in contact syncing for Chinese social networks, and a lyric-gathering music player. Yeah, those all sound like things apps could (and have) taken care of, but OK. We are willing to see what else Tapas might offer.
[via MobileCrunch]
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This reminds of of something Microsoft would do.
…as well as China…
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For those of you who don’t know, Kai-Fu Lee was born in Taiwan. He represents a growing group of business leaders who spearheads the commercial cooperation between China and Taiwan.
a lot of in’s, a lot of out’s , a lot of what have ya’s.
China, the bootleg country.
Another Ex-Google, another Cuil (search engine) kind of failed product??
The is the world’s largest mobile market and there are plans for a Chinese based mobile phone offering. Perhaps this is it.. one would expect a Chinese offering to support Baidu the Chinese search engine, etc. over Google or Bing.
If this is an example of his genius, it’s no wonder he no longer works at Google.
LMAO!! How pathetic!!
wow,could he be any more lame? Chinese knock-offs are becoming rediculous
i wonder if they plan on selling this “NEW” OS
“I have a great idea; let’s take something which already exists, change the name, add a few features which already exist as plugins and push it as our own product!”…
I wonder how happy Google will be at their Ex-employee here.
Wow! Who would have seen a cheap Chinese knock-off coming?
Sounds a lot like the Michael Scott Paper Company.
Sounds like the Chinese are stealing Android & adding Chi-comm ‘monitoring’ services.