These three articles should give you a lot of background. http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/14/3335204/google-statement-acer-smartphone-launch-aliyun-android http

These three articles should give you a lot of background. http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/14/3335204/google-statement-acer-smartphone-launch-aliyun-android http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/14/3335204/google-statement-a... http://www.theverge.com/2011/05/12/google-android-skyhook-lawsuit-motorola-samsung/ http://www.theverge.com/2011/05/12/google-android-skyhook-la... http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/3/ http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-... (page 3) I am still curious if Jolla can be shipped by any of the Android OEMs in the Open Handset Alliance since it used a third party Dalvik VM, anyone know?