Rebirth of the Wild Age - chapter 672

(The “mobile phone system” in the previous chapter has been corrected to “pda system”.)

Google doesn’t make mobile phones, so why would it want to acquire Android?

In fact, at the beginning of the design of the Android system, it has nothing to do with mobile phones. This thing is specifically designed for handheld computers. There are two main competitors, one is the Apple system and the other is the BlackBerry system. Google seems to be planning to become a pda system supplier.

Nowadays, in Europe and the United States, the prospects of smart phones (3g) and handheld computers are promising, and many technology companies are spending huge sums of money on research and development. And these two products are separate. Smart phones focus on communications and entertainment, and handheld computers focus on business offices. Few people expected that they would eventually merge.

It was not until Apple suddenly launched a real smart phone that Google finally realized that the original Android system can also be applied to mobile phones!

The reason why the Android system was able to seize the mobile phone market was also due to Nokia’s strategic mistakes.

Before Android’s power, the real market dominance was the Symbian system. Since 1998, many mobile phone brands such as Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, and LG have adopted the Symbian system.

As a result, when Apple launched a smart phone and Google realized that Android could also be a mobile phone system, Nokia suddenly acquired Saipan with a wholly-owned acquisition, wanting to monopolize the most powerful system and use it to curb its competitors. LG, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung have withdrawn from the Saipan field, and Google took the opportunity to throw an olive branch, so these brands collectively switched to the Android camp.

At that time, Apple’s smartphones triggered a revolution, and there were many similar mobile phone systems, which belonged to the era of competition. For example, Microsoft has launched a smart phone system, and Benwan’s ham sausage uses the brewmp system. Android can break a blood path. In addition to the aforementioned opportunities, there is also the first to announce open source and build a system ecosystem in the shortest time.

But now, the Android system was acquired by Song Weiyang, and Larry Page thought that Song Weiyang wanted to gamble on pda (handheld computer).

The two parties formally started negotiations in early September, and Google invested 40 million US dollars to obtain 49% of Android. At the same time, China and Google each invested 10 million U.S. dollars, which was used for the perfect development of the Android system.

The founder of Android serves as the CEO of the headquarters and is responsible for the direction of the handheld computer of the Android system. The branch (Android China) is 30% owned by Ark Technology and is located in the Zhongguancun Software Park. Chinese engineers are responsible for the direction of Android smartphones. A copy of the researched patent results is also provided by Ark.

The reason why Larry Page is willing to cooperate and only holds 49% of the shares is because Song Weiyang has a huge Chinese market behind it. Shenzhou handheld computers currently rank first in sales in China, and will all be replaced with Android systems (previously with BlackBerry systems). At the beginning of the cooperation, the Android system got a big order, and even Song Weiyang promised to persuade BBK handheld computers to use Android and help Android promote it in China. Larry Page decisively accepted this good thing.

With China and Google one east and one west cooperation, the Android system will definitely develop rapidly in the pda field!

Of course, the main thing is that Larry Page didn’t realize how big the potential market of Android is, and only regarded this as an ordinary investment. Anyway, after Google went public, the whole world bought companies everywhere, and its investment projects could not always be controlled. How about giving up the majority of equity to China Technology?

Even a few years after Apple launched its smart phone, the Apple system is **oss, and the small boss is the Symbian system. By that time, Android’s prospects are unclear, at best it can become the “Soochow” of the Three Kingdoms era.

Thanks to Nokia’s own death, even if Nokia monopolized the Symbian system, many mobile phone manufacturers did not leave immediately, but joined forces to force Symbian to open source. This process lasted for three or four years. Every year, manufacturers were disappointed to switch to the Android camp, but there were still a large number of manufacturers who were lucky.

Finally, Nokia could not bear the pressure and was forced to announce the open source of the Symbian system. Then he repented halfway, quibbling that “open” means open rather than open source, and offended all the remaining vendors that support Symbian, which allowed the number of Android users to surpass Symbian.

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In the past, Song Weiyang told Mr. Ren that Shenzhou would skip 3g and directly study 4g technology, but it was impossible to bypass it in actual operation.

3g smart phones (pseudo) have already come out in Europe and the United States. Although China has not issued 3g licenses for a long time, many manufacturers are making big bets. China Technology is no exception. Whether it can launch 3g mobile phones is another question, but the technical reserves of 3g mobile phones must be made to perfectly meet the future 4g era.

Some time ago, after attending the mid-year meeting of China Technology, Song Weiyang had a separate exchange with Shen Fuxing for several hours and established a top-secret research and development project called the “Steal Fire Project” to develop smartphones.

In fact, Apple established a similar project last year, convening more than 1,000 employees to participate in research and development, and its future result will be the first-generation iPhone.

In the “Steal Fire Program” of China Science and Technology, more than 400 technicians participated in the initial stage, and more R&D personnel will join in the future. The three major R&D centers have related small projects. Even Shenzhou has set up a fourth R&D center in Luzhou for this purpose, relying on the scientific research strength of the University of Science and Technology of China to overcome “multi-touch technology.”

The R&D budget for the entire project is 2 billion RMB, which is more than twice as much as Apple’s research and development of the first generation of iPhones when converted into U.S. dollars! Because Apple has stronger technical reserves, China needs to do more. And the acquisition of Android is just part of the “Steal Fire Project”, just like Apple’s midway acquisition of related companies, you can’t rely on your own research.

Since Ark Technology has invested in Android (China) Company and is responsible for the development of mobile phone Android based on PDA, it can be regarded as the use of Ark’s engineers who have designed computer systems.

Acquisition of Ark, acquisition of Android, everything is to be a smart phone!

It will take many years for everyone to understand that Song Weiyang was in the next big chess game.

Now even Shen Fuxing, the CEO of Shenzhou Technology, is skeptical of Song Weiyang’s “Stealing Fire Project” ~ www.mtlnovel.com~ because he can’t anticipate the future and is worried. The R&D budget of 2 billion yuan, even if it is divided into several years, is a huge sum of money for China Science and Technology.

Counting other R&D projects, China’s total R&D investment this year is likely to exceed 2.5 billion yuan!

In addition to the acquisition of Ark and Android, as well as the construction of Ark Tower, China’s funds are almost bottoming out, and Shen Fuxing is even considering listing money.

The annual R&D budget of this scale, even Shenzhou Technology cannot hold it. Regardless of the fact that the company’s sales are now scaryly high, its profit margins are constantly decreasing. All products under China are forced to engage in price wars, and market competition has become fierce.

Fortunately, the sale of the PHS business is accounted for 800 million yuan. Next year, we will be able to open up new markets with mobile phones and watches for elementary school students. Otherwise, we have to choose to cut research and development funding in the future.

However, the effect of this approach is very significant. China’s products are praised by consumers as “domestic conscience”, and the price-performance ratio at the same price is invincible. And quality control is also done very well. Other domestic mobile phones have a failure rate of more than 10%, and some even exceed 40%, while the failure rate of China’s mobile phones has remained below 8%.

In the eyes of young people under the age of 30, as long as they do not buy foreign brands, mobile phones and computers from China are the first choice. The configuration and function are not far behind, the quality is guaranteed, and it is generally cheaper than foreign brands.

Of course, consumers who are a bit older, they trust Lenovo more, and it is difficult for you to change the existing impression of these people. But this kind of people are still the main consumers, at least the main consumers in the computer market, and children need to pay for computers to buy them.

But China has a future. When these young people grow up and their economic strength grows, then it will be the time for China’s products to really take off.

It won’t take long to wait, just a few years later.