Alibaba and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have announced HP YunOS Book 10 G1 2-in-1 device featuring YunOS operating system developed by Alibaba. The device, unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai 2017, will mainly target the education sector. The HP YunOS Book 10 G1 features a 10.1-inch display, a 5-megapixel camera and Intel's Atom processor. The device will not be selling through the regular retail channel and but through partnership with education units. Currently, Alibaba has partnered with 15 smart classroom software designers to create educational content for the device. The 2-in-1 device will become available in August in order to catch up with back-to-school season in September. The price for the product has not yet been announced.

Magellan, the GPS brand subsidiary of Mitac International, has announced cooperation with Samsung Electronics America to supply enterprise-level electronics logging devices (ELDs) that are able to track hours of service for trucks in North America. Since the US government has demanded all trucks be equipped with ELD prior to December 2017 in order to track drivers' working hours, Magellan's cooperation with Samsung America is mainly eyeing such a business opportunity. Samsung's mobile products including Galaxy E and Galaxy A tablets and Galaxy S7 smartphone can all be equipped with Magellan's solutions and customers can also customize the system via options to meet their demand. The products will be distributed by channel distributor Synnex and the solutions will be released at the end of the second quarter.

Huawei has unveiled its wearable device, the Huawei Watch 2, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017. The watch will go on sale in Spain, France, Portugal, Italy, Germany and China in March 2017, priced starting EUR329 depending on the design and features being chosen. It will become available in additional countries including the US, the UK, Russia and Australia from April. The Huawei Watch 2 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor and has independent connectivity, allowing users to send messages or make calls independently from a mobile phone. Featuring support for cellular networks and running on the new Android Wear 2.0 ensures connectivity for both Android and iOS users.