It is based on technologies initially developed by Android Inc., a firm later purchased by Google, and work done by the Open Handset Alliance.

[6] Android has been modified for local Chinese markets by China Mobile's OPhone Software Developers Network.

For end-users, OPhone aims to provide cheap, low frills, entry-level smartphone access and a limited mobile internet experience using China Mobile's proprietary TD-SCDMA network, and its GSM network.

China Mobile consecutively released the 1.0 and 1.5 versions of the OPhone SDK for public use.

According to a Sina Tech release,[11] this iteration would include support for the Windows Mobile API framework.