By Allen Tsai | Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:03 am |
Motorola said that buyers in China of its Android smartphones can opt to search through Baidu instead of Google, following the Internet giant's threat to exit the country due to cyber attacks.
The Schaumburg, Ill.-based company announced the new features with Google's rival Baidu, including a suite of services including email, maps and search."By providing them a choice in their applications and services, Motorola is letting consumers in China customize the way they experience the power of the mobile Internet," said China Telecom in a release. The company also plans to launch an Android app store in China in time for the Chinese New Year, which begins February 14. Motorola's announcement relieves some worries that the Google dispute would hurt the struggling company's turnaround plans, which depends heavily on Android and handset sales in Chinese market. Following hacking attempts on Google that were traced to China, the Internet giant said that it would no longer filter its search results -- a move that may force it to pull out of the country. Last week, Google said it was even postponing the launch of two Android smartphones in China. Apple is also in talks with rival Microsoft about switching the iPhone's default search engine from Google to Bing.
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