Monday, October 13, 2014

QUIK did not say PP3 or PP3E for the PEEL partnership,  S2.  Which phones in China will get sensor hubs in them?

Alibaba, do they make any phones?

From the Alibaba archives


http://www.techinasia.com/alibaba-rebrands-aliyun-yunos-new-phones/

these China makers have done Alibaba OS devices


 G’FiveAmoiYusun,ZOPO, and KOMI (pictured below). Nope, not heard of any of those either.

ALi put 50 million into PEEL, but 586 million into who?

Pouring $586 million in Sina Weibo gives Alibaba Group several perks,

Zeng said that Alibaba Group’s target for AMOS is to power 10 percent of all smartphones shipped in China, an ambitious goal considering that AMOS currently only has 1 percent market share. According to IDC data, Android currently holds an 80 percent chunk of the market, while iOS accounts for 10 percent. Though seven Chinese smartphone makers — KONKA, ZOPO, Amoi, G’Five, Little Pepper, Haier, and Beijing Tianyu–have pledged to launch AMOS phones, none of them are major players.

Steps Alibaba Group is taking to promote AMOS include subsidies for smartphone makers and a 1 billion RMB ($162 million) funding program for app developers. The company is also striking deals with telecom operators that would allow customers to purchase AMOS smartphones without deposits or down payments by determining 


The Hangzhou-based firm said last month that mobile has become an increasing source of transactions, now accounting for more than a quarter of the value of goods sold across its online marketplaces. But Alibaba's shift to wireless commerce is a double-edged sword: mobile commerce brings in significantly less revenue than traditional e-commerce.



Alibaba has also invested in Tango, a US messaging app company, and spent more than $US1 billion apiece for full ownership of mobile browser UCWeb Inc and digital mapping firm AutoNavi Holdings Ltd.
While these new ventures are in their early stages, Alibaba admits that profitability could suffer.








QUIK, can you make sure to send the new reference designs into Alibaba?

THanks in advance.


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