China Unicom has indefinitely postponed the launch of Android handsets in the country, which had been scheduled for January 20. This development assumes significance as Google is considering exiting the Chinese Internet search market owing to increasing censorship and Internet attacks. Unicome had initially attributed this delay to the introduction of two similar devices by Samsung and Motorola, but is now contradicting that statement, pointing to the presence of certain debugging problems. Unicom is currently making a customized unit of its Android-powered device called Uphone. It also intends to introduce its own apps store, called UniStore, for its platform. Meanwhile, Chinese telecom vendor ZTE is planning to introduce its first Android-based smartphone over the next two months.
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