The Alibaba Group, known for the Alibaba.com site where most components for iDevices appeared before the terminals appeared on the market, launch a new operating system for mobile terminals. The system will be cloud based, that is, it will have functions similar to iCloud and it wants to compete with iOS and Android OS. The Alibaba Group owns several online commerce sites in Asia and it seems that it wants to make a name for itself worldwide through the new operating system that will be used in certain smartphones.
Details were not available on the pricing of the operating system and its apps, or on which handset makers will use the software. But the person said smartphone usage in China could broaden if Alibaba achieves its goals with the project.
The great innovation of the Chinese lies in the fact that the applications for the new operating system will not be installed directly in the terminals, but in fact will be loaded directly from the company's servers. Basically, users will play online instead of offline downloading the applications they need. Of course, on a global level, such an operating system will be difficult to adopt by manufacturers, but in Asia it will most likely be successful. It's hard to believe that Apple or Google have anything to fear, but you never know what surprises the Chinese can prepare.
