Back To 1995: Chapter 626 Borrow a knife
Chapter 626 Borrowing a knife
Alcatel mobile phones have obtained a lot of good things from Bell Labs, and the communication voice and video laboratory is one of them.
This is the earliest cooperation project with Bell Labs. It was developed by Bastian Clay. ICQ, American Telecom, Alcatel mobile phones, and now MP3 all use the voice and video of this lab. technology.
The key point is that in the world, whether it is the Internet industry or the electronics industry, research and development in this area is not too deep, and more research and development is in hardware. The MP3 developed by Alcatel mobile phone is the first to eat crabs.
Ertian said this, the technology of this MP3 is the best, it is true, at least no one can object now, after all, there is no second machine!
"The exterior design needs to be changed, and the weight must be reduced!"
Song Yang spoke bluntly, and said to Ertian, the MP3 in his hand is really scumbag in terms of appearance design.
It is said that the fruit machine is collecting IQ tax, but no one can deny that on the road of collecting IQ tax, the fruit machine has really tried its best in terms of appearance design, especially several classic models, which are more electronic and mechanical. In the face value is responsible.
"The current weight should be reduced to more than half. Part of the back body can be made of plastic, and the buttons can be made of metal materials. When the second and third generation MP3s are released, all of them will be replaced with metal casings!"
Song Yang said to Ertian and several MP3 chief designers, anyway, the most basic requirement is to make MP3 a product that users carry with them, or even a thing that hangs around their necks. The premise is that whoever Willing to hang a brick around your neck? !
In addition, Song Yang needs to make the design of the MP3 player taller, let young people take it out, and make it a thing to show off to their peers. Whoever holds it represents fashion. The function can be improved, and the battery can be changed. Durable, but if you fail to install Bi, you will lose everything...
"The buttons don't need so many keys, and the full keyboard is not needed. Instead, it is designed with a circular scroll wheel, so that users can complete the operation with one finger!"
Song Yang approached the design of this MP3 to the first-generation Apple iPod. Anyway, Apple has no time to develop MP3 now, so what's wrong with Alcatel mobile phone? !
Several MP3 designers moved their lips when they heard Song Yang's request. They wanted to say that the MP3 designed according to Song Yang's request looks tall, but using these techniques, the failure rate of MP3 machines will soar. , These things are gimmicky, and they are obviously not very useful, especially the ring roller, you don't need to look to know that there is something wrong with it.
But when the words came to their lips, several designers swallowed them back. Song Yang is the big sponsor. No matter how outrageous the big sponsor's request, they have to do it, let alone change some small functions.
Another one is that outsiders don’t know, but people inside Alcatel do know that the prototype of the P1 mobile phone that is selling very well today was created by Song Yang. The current sales of P1 have already shown that Song Yang From the perspective of the electronics industry, even if Song Yang is not from a major...
"If the design is changed, the prototype may need to be extended for a month before it can be remade..."
The executive in charge of the MP3 project, after talking with several designers, turned his head and said to Song Yang.
Song Yang just nodded, changing the design is nothing more than normal. According to Qiao Gangzhu, a character who can kill obsessive-compulsive disorder, the prototype made by the design team, if you don’t change it dozens of times, you are ashamed of Joe. The name of the leader.
Song Yang is already quite open-minded, and he is not critical, otherwise, the design team will lose at least half of their hair by the time MP3 is mass-produced!
After leaving the laboratory, Ertian said to Song Yang, "In addition to the design of the MP3 project, the most important problem to be solved is, Alcatel mobile phone, which company do you want to cooperate with?"
Alcatel mobile phones will not directly enter the MP3 project, because the music copyright issue is not resolved. This project is a gray project. It cannot be said that it is capable. Put yourself in it.
"There is also the issue of music copyright, whether it is MP3 or P2 mobile phones. As long as it is equipped with a music player and supports uploading music from a PC to the player, copyright issues cannot be avoided!"
Erthian said with a little concern that if the gun hits the head of the bird, as long as the P2 mobile phone and MP3 player are on sale, pirated music will be unavoidable.
At that time, the global record industry, led by the five major record groups Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, EMI, and BMG Records, will definitely point the finger at Alcatel mobile phones. Everyone knows that it will be useless to deal with those small shrimps. If it is involved in pirated music and initiates a lawsuit to claim compensation, with the urgency of several major record giants, if they don't claim tens of billions of dollars, they will be counted as good people!
In order to avoid trouble, the Alcatel mobile phone must not take the initiative to poke the hornet's nest. Someone must replace the Alcatel mobile phone to attract firepower.
"Is there a suitable company goal now?"
When going to the office building where the Saipan system is located, Song Yang asked Ertian, which is naturally a question of the blame man.
Alcatel produces technology, design and even production lines for mobile phones, and then finds a company to cooperate with. If the MP3 is under the banner of that company, it must be blamed for the blame, and it will go to court with the five major record giants.
But it will definitely not let it be a scapegoat. The money earned by MP3 will be distributed to it, and the money from the lawsuit with the five major record giants will be paid for by Alcatel mobile phone.
Such a blame man must have a certain status in the American electronics industry, otherwise he will have no influence at all, but at the same time, he must not be too strong, otherwise it is impossible to be a blame man for Alcatel mobile phones.
"We have already selected several partners, among which the one with the most opportunity to cooperate with Alcatel mobile phone in the MP3 project, I think it may be Diamond Graphics Company!" Ertian said.
"Dimension?!"
Song Yang pondered for a while, Diamond is now a graphics card manufacturer in America, and its "monster graphics card" is one of the ceilings of the graphics card industry.
But now the two major industries of processors and graphics cards exist like meat grinders. Giants in the graphics card industry continue to appear.
The graphics cards produced by Diamond are not weak, but the current graphics card industry is obviously not the era of Diamond. 3DFX and Nvidia have continuously developed explosive graphics cards, which has also affected Diamond’s graphics cards. The Imperial League is also extremely uncomfortable.
"Diamond's graphics card business is very sluggish now, but it has enough influence in the electronic technology industry. If Diamond can cooperate with Alcatel mobile phones, MP3 can be labeled as God League..."
To put it bluntly, it is to see that the life of Dimeng is sad, so I invest a sum of money in Dimeng, and the MP3 is posted with the brand of Dimeng, so that Dimeng will be blamed.
Song Yang nodded, "Send someone to contact Diamond. If Diamond is willing to cooperate with Alcatel in the MP3 project, PA Semiconductor can invest in Diamond, including developing new graphics cards with Diamond!"
If you want people to take the blame, you must give enough sweetness, otherwise, no one is willing to sacrifice their lives, and the alliance really has technology in its hands.
Now Song Yang has no intention of entering the graphics card industry, but he has raised Diamond, so maybe he will use it someday.
Come to the office building where the Symbian system is located. The atmosphere here is very similar to that of ICQ. Now the number of personnel in the Symbian system has also soared, almost no less than the hardware engineers who develop mobile phones.
"Boss!"
Hoblo, who is the supervisor of the Symbian system, got up in a hurry when he saw Song Yang. He is considered an "old man" of Alcatel mobile phone. He first joined Alcatel mobile phone as a software engineer and is now the general manager of Alcatel mobile phone software department. Manager, if you go further, you can basically become the vice president of Alcatel Mobile.
This is the ceiling of a professional manager, and it is also the limit that Hobro, who was born as an engineer, can achieve.
However, the popularity of the "Symbian system" can't help but make Hobrow a little more thoughtful. Like Hobrow's predecessor, Wesley, the co-president of ICQ with the "father of instant messaging" on his head, is now gaining both fame and fortune.
As a technician, who wouldn't want to be the second Wesley, lying down and making money? !
Right now, the Symbian system is very possible. Symbian has now become the first choice for mainstream mobile phone systems in the world. Although Microsoft, Motorola, Ericsson, etc. are also developing their own mobile phone systems, in the short term, it is very difficult. Threat to Symbian system.
When the number of mobile phones equipped with the Symbian system exceeds 100 million or even one billion, the status of Symbian will be completely irreplaceable. By then, Hobro's worth will soar by a large amount with this system alone. cut!
"How far has the music store developed?"
Song Yang asked Hoblo, what should be done must be done, the Alcatel P2 mobile phone is about to be announced, and the outside world has to be told that the P2 mobile phone has a channel to download music.
Alcatel mobile phone is going to launch a Symbian digital music store for Alcatel mobile phone and MP3 users to download music, which is similar to Apple’s iTunes. This is also to tell several major record companies that Alcatel mobile phones support them. If they If you are willing to authorize the music copyright in your hand to the Saipan Music Store...
"The music store has been developed now, but in terms of music copyrights, the copyright library of the Saipan Music Store is too small!"
Hobro displayed the unlaunched Saipan music store website in front of Song Yang. It was in the same style as ICQ and Hotmail. The consistent style of several websites in hand.
(end of this chapter)