Super Tycoon - Chapter 838

When Zhiduoxing was about to launch a cheap smartphone, suddenly a news came out and PALM announced that it would stop upgrading its smartphone system.

　　 The PALM system was once the system with the highest smartphone share, surpassing Saipan and Microsoft. This system was originally applied to PDA, defeated the company such as Shunyi, and became the mainstream of the market.

　　Unfortunately, during the millennium bubble, this company was hit hard and its development momentum was hindered. In particular, the founders were dissatisfied with the company’s continuous mergers and acquisitions, broke up with the major shareholders, and re-created a company.

　　Because he held the PALM patent in his hands, the company that forced the major shareholders had to sign an exclusive licensing cooperation agreement with him, which lasted until 2005.

　　 Before 2005, the PALM system could be regarded as infinitely beautiful, and after 2005, the market share of smartphones soared, the market share of PDAs continued to decline, and the market of PALM systems began to decline.

　　 Plus the development strategy set by the founder to the company, is to follow the enterprise customer base model, so they continue to expand the number of enterprise users, so that more than 8,000 companies use their system smartphones.

　　 But it is a pity that they did not build the brand. Many people still think of this company as a PDA. What makes them even more unexpected is that many people who are not in business need have begun to buy smartphones.

　　 In particular, Saipan and Microsoft are constantly competing in the market, and with the sudden popularity of BlackBerry, the share of the PALM system in smartphones is declining.

　　 At this time, the Zhiduoxing system appeared again, and the speed of the jump was faster, and the PALM company was beaten. Some of their hardware manufacturer partners have now joined the Zhiduoxing system camp.

　　 The number of users is reduced, the software update speed is full, the phone is ugly, the functions are few, and the brand awareness is the first. These have led to the continuous decline in the effectiveness of PALM, and even no money can be made now.

　　 Fortunately, they still have some patented technologies that can be licensed to other companies for profit. At this time, PALM began to consider transformation, or simply sold the company.

　　With those patents, it is still very attractive to many hardware manufacturers. Some of their software, ported to Zhiduoxing platform or Symbian platform, can also perform well.

　　 At this time, HP contacted PALM and expressed its willingness to acquire.

　　 Hewlett-Packard does not make smartphones, but does a variety of office supplies such as PCs, servers, printers, fax machines, etc., they are interested in some of PALM’s document transmission processing methods, hoping to optimize the function of their products.

　　 Originally they also bought some patent licenses of PALM Company. It is better to buy the entire company to enhance the company’s software strength. It can also suspend some patent licenses to other companies to exclude competitors.

　　 Hewlett-Packard also supports the Zhiduoxing system camp. They have measured that they believe that the PALM system smartphone will no longer have a market, and the development direction is biased, too much emphasis on business office.

　　 Many people who use smartphones are young people now. They are not used for office, but for internet, taking pictures, retouching pictures, watching videos, etc.

　　 Therefore, the PALM system is doomed to fail. Instead of losing money, it is better to stop this business. Anyway, in the past two years, the system’s smartphones have not been sold very much.

　　 Therefore, PALM has announced that it will stop the update of the smartphone system. Now users can still use it, but PALM will not be responsible for security in the future.

Of course, there is another reason why HP wants to acquire PALM. That is, this company has developed a new system with a core similar to PALM, but with a stronger function, called WebOS. HP believes that this system can be used as a tablet, or even Netbooks are enough.

　　 If HP can launch a computer of its own system, even if it is only a tablet computer, then profits will also increase. At this time, PALM’s stock has been temporarily suspended.

　　Zhang Yang looked at the news, and Duan Yongping hurried in.

　　 “Chairman, PALM announced that it will no longer upgrade smartphone systems, and the stock has been suspended. Do you know this?”

　　 “Just know, what do you think?”

　　 “If only the mobile phone system stops upgrading, then the stock should not be suspended. I asked Edson to inquire about it. PALM is in contact with several PC giants such as Hewlett-Packard and is likely to be acquired by one.”

　　 “In particular, PALM has developed a new system that can be used in smartphones, PDAs, and tablets. I suspect this is the reason why their company is being acquired.”

　　 “In the smartphone system market, we have one less competitor, and the next step is to stamp out the BlackBerry and Apple systems. I guess it will be clear this year.”

　　 “Symbian and Microsoft systems are difficult to beat in a short time, but in terms of market share, we have the opportunity to get the biggest piece.”

　　Xiao Wang came over, poured tea for the two, and sat down sideways without interruption. He listened to what the two said and learned by himself. This was allowed by the chairman.

　　 “There are still many fans of BlackBerry. Although Apple sells poorly, they don’t seem to have the intention to give up. How can you guarantee to trample on those two companies?” Zhang Yang asked.

“Because BlackBerry insists on a full keyboard, the phone is getting wider and wider, but the screen is not growing. And now the touch screen technology is more and more developed, and many people are used to touch screen phones. In particular, we have changed the basic buttons to touch. The control mode is very popular in the market.”

“The main selling point of the two publicity is security, they are closed systems, and the technology is mature. However, we now have anti-virus software developed specifically for smartphones, and also added functions such as screen password unlocking. The next step is Launched a mobile phone with fingerprint unlocking~www.mtlnovel.com~ and other mobile phones with fingerprint unlocking will be launched, the advantages of those two will disappear, how can we compete with us? Of course, our number of application software is second to none. It is also very popular with consumers.”

Zhang Yang tapped his finger on the table: “Old broken, one thing to remember, the number of software is important, but the best-selling software is more important. Just like our game software, those well-selling game masterpieces will always be the most profitable, It also helps us attract users the most.”

　　 “The PALM company is likely to be acquired by HP, because HP has the best development in smart office supplies. They need to improve the convenience and relevance of the system, and they will not use our Zhiduoxing system or Microsoft’s system.”

　　 “However, HP cannot simply buy PALM and grow it, find someone to raise the price, and delay the acquisition time.”

　　 “We also have to do it step by step, first to kill Apple and BlackBerry, the next step is Microsoft Symbian, but in the end we can not kill all smartphone operating systems, otherwise we will definitely be accused of monopoly.”

　　 “Even if each company has launched its own unique system, after all, the kernel is our Zhiduoxing. So you can think about which one is not easy to grow.”

　　 “It’s unrealistic to wipe out BlackBerry this year. Don’t forget the emergence of 3G networks. Many old BlackBerry users will replace their new phones. Next year, get BlackBerry next year. Get Apple, Motorola and Wordy this year.”

　　 “I understand, but we want to adjust the strategy of launching cheap machines.”