China's OPhone to Find Its Way to US as Android+

Beijing software company Borqs is the little-known company behind China Mobile's Google Android-based OPhone operating system. It may soon find fame in the U.S. if its software finds its way into the hands of U.S. users of Dell's Aero smartphone on the AT&T Wireless network.

Borqs outfitted the Aero with its Android+ software, which includes an Apple-esque user interface. For example, the Android+ messaging application displays a conversation as a series of speech bubbles, like on the iPhone. Users can also choose to create and jump between multiple screens reminiscent of Mac OS X's Spaces feature, which lets users group application windows together and switch between them.

While Borqs generally keeps a low profile, the company's customers currently include Verizon Wireless, Softbank and Vodafone, according to Pat Chan, Borqs president and CEO.

Borqs wants to expand the number of carriers it works with outside China and is working on a Japanese version of its software. But the company will only work with China Mobile in China because "you cannot serve two masters" in that country, Chan said, noting China Mobile also has the most mobile subscribers of any carrier in the world.

Megan Ko
PCWorld

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