Uphone

Second-largest Chinese wireless carrier China Unicom is warming up to carve a niche in the Android cell phone market, as the carrier introduces the first batch of its customized Android handsets (under the “Uphone moniker) in January 2010. However, the official release date has not been confirmed by the Chinese operator.

China Unicom, the second-largest Chinese carrier, is expanding its 3G wireless handset portfolio as the company has officially announced its new cell phone brand called the “Uphone". The device will run on the company’s proprietary “UniPlus" operating system, which is based on the Google Inc’s android platform.