Dell: To Sell Smartphone With Baidu Software Platform
December 19 2011 - 9:48PM
Dow Jones News
Dell Inc. (DELL) said Tuesday it will start selling a smartphone
in China using a software platform developed by Chinese
search-engine operator Baidu Inc. (BIDU).
The "Streak Pro" phone, the first to be developed using the
Baidu software, will be customized for use on the network of China
Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (CHU), Dell said in a statement.
Baidu in September announced a software platform called Baidu
Yi, essentially a Baidu variation on Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android
mobile operating system that Baidu has said will also be compatible
with other operating systems later. Baidu Yi will be pre-installed
on mobile phones so developers can more easily integrate Baidu
features on the devices.
Dell said it will start selling the phone "soon," but didn't
elaborate.
-By Owen Fletcher, Dow Jones Newswires; 8610 8400 7702;
owen.fletcher@dowjones.com
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