Rebirth of the Cyber ​​Hegemony

Page 261

"But there is bad news, the iPod is going to be launched in China."

"When?"

"A week at the earliest."

"So fast?"

"It is estimated that they got the news from us, and they will take a step ahead of us."

"Teacher Duan, what do you think?"

"Apple's innovation is very strong, and we will be under great pressure."

"Look first."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Yu felt a little uneasy.

Apple is a great tech giant, both now and in past lives.

Whether it's his computer, his mp3, or his cell phone...all changed the world.

"Brother Jian, find me an iPod."

"it is good."

Although ipod is not currently listed in China, it has been launched in the United States.

It's not that hard to find an ipod.

Zhang Jianming only had an hour before he sent Chen Yu an iPod.

A very nice mp3.

Chen Yu played with this iPod.

From the appearance point of view, even if Chen Yu has the vision of the previous life, the first generation of iPod is still unconventional.

The operation is also very reasonable, and more than 80% of the operations can be performed with only one thumb.

Then Chen Yu conducted an audition.

Very realistic sound quality, almost the best among all the mp3s Chen Yu has ever heard.

Of course, the sound quality is much better than the mp3 I made myself.

There is no way.

Although BBK is also an electronic giant in China, there is still a lot of gap with Apple.

Chen Yu secretly screamed in his heart that he would suffer.

My own mp3 has to be sniped by ipod.

Take three deep breaths.

Chen Yu continued to carefully check the instruction manual of the iPod.

After reading all of them, Chen Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not that bad."

Just now I was frightened by Apple and the popularity of the iPod.

The real ipod is not so perfect.

Even the most successful music player in history has fatal flaws.

Chapter 308: Three Fatal Flaws

And there is more than one fatal flaw.

Let me talk about the first one, ipod does not support windows system.

Yes.

Ordinary people may not believe it, how come there are electronic products that do not support windows?

But that's how Apple hangs.

They have their Macs and they have their Mac OS.

Apple has always believed that their system is much more powerful than Windows. Everyone in this world should use the Apple system. Why use Windows?Moreover, in Apple's view, many things in Windows are copied from Apple's system.Such as the Windows operating system, such as the task search bar... and so on.

Of course, everyone has their own opinions on what is going on here.

But Apple Jobs and Microsoft Bill have always been rivals.

As a deadly enemy, how could he allow his hardware to support windows?

Of course, this may not be a big problem in the United States.

The share of Apple computers in the United States has reached more than 20%, and many people are fans of Apple.

Coupled with the fact that Apple is the first technology giant to launch a personal PC computer, Apple has a huge appeal in the United States.

But in China, although Apple is also well-known, but sorry, its appeal is not particularly strong.

Except that some enthusiasts may support it, they will find no use for iPods that do not support the windows operating system.Just like when many people bought Apple computers at this time, they found that Apple computers can only be used for typing, chatting, editing pictures... they can't even play games, it's really a pretending to vomit blood.

This also results in Apple Computer's market share in China being only 0.000000000001...well, negligible.

Since it can't support windows, why buy ipod?

This is one of them.

Second, the first-generation iPod did not have the iTunes Store, which is the music video store.

Many people studied ipods in previous lives, and always thought that the main reason for ipod's success was because of this electronic music store.

With the help of electronic music stores, hundreds of millions of fans have purchased countless songs they like through iPod.

Well, this iTunes Store is actually similar to the YY music website run by Chen Yu.

Unfortunately, the iTunes Store was not launched until 2003.

On the contrary, it was Chen Yu himself who created an electronic music sales website in advance.

Third, the interface problem.

The interface of Ipod uses 1394 interface, which is an interface standard invented by Apple itself.

This interface can provide charging and data transmission for ipod, which is equivalent to the charging data cable of later generations.

But it's also a pity.

Although Apple is a technology madman, their interface is very fast in transmission and charging.

But it's really unfortunate that basically not many computers in China have such an interface.

Even if Apple can provide conversion equipment, this also affects user operations to a considerable extent.

In addition to this, the ipod has some other disadvantages.

Such as insufficient battery capacity and so on.

But other things can be ignored, any one of these three fatal flaws, it is impossible for iPod to catch fire.

"I was really scared to pee just now."

Isn't Apple so invincible? Why was I so nervous just now?

"Brother Jian, here, give it back to you."

Returning the iPod in his hand to Zhang Jianming, Chen Yu looked relaxed.

"Mr. Chen, what is this?"

Zhang Jianming was a little surprised.

"What, what do you want to say?"

"The ipod will probably be released in a week."

"I know."

Chen Yu nodded.

"Then is there anything we can do about it?"

Although Huanyu Technology is in charge of the music website business, and mp3 hardware production is in BBK, Zhang Jianming, the president of Huanyu Technology, still pays attention to mp3.After all, this is the first hardware product under Universal Technology.

"No."

Chen Yu shook his head.

"what……"

Zhang Jianming was dumbfounded.

"Why, brother Jian, what do we need to do?"

"No matter what, I have to blow the air in the media and talk about the shortcomings of the iPod."

"Isn't this helping them to hype?"

Chen Yu shook his head: "The ipod is not an Apple computer, why are you so nervous. Besides, the ipod is an Apple computer. How many people in China have bought an Apple computer?"

"But iPods seem to be selling well in the US."

"Oh, that's in America."

"But……"

"It's nothing but, why are you so nervous, is Apple really so awesome?"

Chen Yu was extremely calm: "Brother Jian, let me tell you, some companies actually look awesome, but they may not be so awesome. Really..."

Patting Zhang Jianming on the shoulder, Chen Yu returned to the office very leisurely.

This is of course coercion.

As for the thing that scared Chen Yu into a cold sweat before, it was impossible for Chen Yu to say.

……

"Chen Yu, the ipod is on sale today, should we go and have a look?"

"What catches your eyes."

"You don't want to know how the iPod is doing?"

"You don't need to know, go to the street."

A week later, the ipod was listed in China as scheduled.

Bearing the Apple logo, the ipod, which has been sold well in the United States and ushered in a new era of mp3, has high expectations in China.

To be honest, Duan Yongping was a little nervous.

He has lived in the United States for many years and knows the horror of apples.

Although Apple is no longer what it used to be, Apple's influence is not comparable to that of ordinary companies.

Even if it is Microsoft, in terms of influence, many people will say that Microsoft is far inferior to Apple.

As for why?

It can be summed up in one sentence.

Apple was the first company to produce personal pc computers.

There would be no computer today without Apple.

Now he once again launched a brand new new ipod.

He has proved his success in the United States, and his sales in China must not be bad.

"Push the street?"

Duan Yongping didn't expect Chen Yu to use the word "push the street" to open up the ipod.

"you sure?"

"determine."

Chen Yu said.