Cloud Computing: Acer Nukes Smartphone Launch Due to Google Threat

Grazed from Reuters. Author: Kevin Parrish.

Google supposedly threatened to cut off Android support to Acer if the handset maker launches a phone with a rival mobile OS. Taiwan-based Acer was reportedly forced to cancel (or postpone) the launch of its new CloudMobile A800 smartphone on Thursday due to intense pressure from Google Inc.

According to Reuters, the phone was a joint venture between Acer and Alibaba Cloud Computing, deemed as the first to use the latter company’s new mobile operating system, Aliyun. Acer and Alibaba originally planned to launch the device in Shanghai on Thursday afternoon, and then go into full retail mode on Friday…

Like clockwork, members of the press showed up for Acer’s planned conference to cover the launch. However they were quickly denied access to the venue, and were later told by an Alibaba Cloud Computing official that the launch had been canceled due to "internal reasons."…

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