Motorola offers Baidu as default Android search engine in China

Nearly a week after Google said it was delaying the sales of new Motorola and Samsung Android launches in China, Motorola said that it was offering its Chinese consumers the option to use a different default search engine on Android-powered Motorola devices.

Consumers in China can use the popular Baidu Chinese search engine as a default option instead of Google Search, Motorola said on Thursday in conjunction with the launch of its SHOP4APPS application marketplace. Despite the tensions between China and Google's censorship, Motorola told Reuters that it's not uncommon for it to replace the default search engine on phones for more commonly used engines, depending on the country the phone is retailing it.

Motorola has not issued an update to its original comment regarding a delay of two of its latest Android phones, destined for China Unicom.