Today Google announced that, together with a Chinese cellphone service company, it has delayed the release of two mobile phones that would use Google’s Android software.
No reason was given for the delay, but a source said the company did not feel that the phones should be released given the current uncertainty over its Chinese operations and its Chinese-language search engine.
Last week, Google announced that it would negotiate with Chinese officials over the government’s unwelcome requirement that Google censor searches on its Chinese search engine, Google.cn. The company said it could shut down or curtail operations in China if the government did not relent.
The announcement came after the discovery of hacking attacks traced to mainland China that had been directed at its security infrastructure of over 30 other companies based in the United States.
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