I'm not an expert as well, but I can see how this causes confusion in the market. If a handset maker provides two phones both running Android to the market, on

I'm not an expert as well, but I can see how this causes confusion in the market. If a handset maker provides two phones both running Android to the market, one has the expected Google services another with possibly subpar services. This does look negatively upon google and not the handset manf. because Android is associated with Google for the most part. Imagine if HTC had released the same exact phone with two competing versions of Android. I actually think its a disservice to the market, especially if there is more financial incentive for a manufacturer to push the version of Android that is not Google's.