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   Chapter 451 But Three Generations

  In Hawkins' era, he built the Palm handheld and pushed an industry that no one cares about to the point where it is today. It took Hawkins how much energy and how many opponents he fought to the death to get to where it is today.

  As for Alcatel mobile phones, just by releasing a P1 mobile phone, it has become a rising star in the electronic hardware industry. The technology industry, Wall Street and even the telecommunications industry have all touted Alcatel mobile phones to the extreme.

Thinking of what happened to me at the beginning, and thinking about the treatment of Alcatel P1 mobile phones today, it is absolutely false to say that Jeff Hawkins is not envious, but to expect Hawkins to bow his head to the Alcatel mobile phone, it is not good for him. It's absolutely impossible.

  America Telecom, taking advantage of the hot sales of P1 mobile phones, is also constantly attacking the city and starting to move its broadband and mobile network business to Europe, and London is the first stop.

   Unlike in America, in overseas markets, America Telecom adopts the method of investment and acquisition to quickly occupy the local market.

America Telecom will select local small and medium-sized telecom operators, and after swallowing the other party, directly hang the brand of America Telecom, and then start to conduct business locally. The advantage of this method is that it costs less money, can quickly enter the local market, and The obstacles will be much smaller. If you are staring at those telecom giants, it will never be so easy.

   But the disadvantage is that it is easy to buy back a bunch of junk, and indigestion, and finally lose everything.

However, for America Telecom, they don't care about this. Now they want to spread the booth at the fastest speed and at the least cost, and then start the century big event with ICQ, ICNC TV, NBC and Comcast. merge!

   As long as the merger can be completed, no matter how many bad debts it is, it can be spread out evenly. Anyway, it’s a big deal. After a few leeks are cashed out, the company after the big merger will be dissolved directly.

   When Alcatel's mobile phone production capacity continued to increase, and it was announced that it would maintain a monthly production capacity of more than one million units, the outside world was still a little hesitant, wondering if Alcatel mobile phones were the top iron.

But what followed was the P1 mobile phone, which continued to hit a record high. After the single-day sales of 150,000 units, the P1 mobile phone set a record for one week in a row, breaking the record of 100,000 units in a single day, completely detonating the entire mobile phone. The industry, but also the media and the mobile phone industry, are all jaw-dropping.

After the increase in production capacity, after Alcatel Mobile announced to increase its investment in overseas markets, P1 continued to set new records all over the world, and continued to dominate the list in China, Hong Kong City, Singapore, Asan, Siam, Lao Maozi and more. The best-selling mobile phone in England and other places once again broke out the terrifying sales volume of 240,000 units in a single day!

  Although it was only a short day or two, the sales volume in these areas surpassed that of Nokia, and then the P1 entered a period of exhaustion, and sales began to decline steadily, but it still maintained a daily sales volume of about 80,000 units.

   However, the popularity of P1 has completely overshadowed the popularity of other brands of mobile phones. The continuous hot sales forced the technology media to focus on the P1 mobile phone that has been in the limelight during this period.

The media interviewed, why do users suddenly favor P1 mobile phones so much? The interviewees have different opinions. Some people say that P1 mobile phones are powerful and technologically superior to other mobile phones. They can access the Internet and send emails. ICQ chat, etc., and even the "Snake" game, have become one of the reasons for some people to buy this game.

   In the final analysis, it is because of the trend that we have had enough of the same mobile phone that can only make calls. The appearance of P1 broke the fatigue period and allowed users to "recognize" mobile phones again!

Trend is something that can't be seen or touched, but it can affect the behavior of countless people, and P1 mobile phones are now being labelled with trend, especially for young people, owning a P1 mobile phone seems to have The trend, or the Bigger...

   "The P1 mobile phone will likely become the biggest winner of this year's GSMA Global Mobile Awards. The P1 mobile phone was nominated for the Best Mobile Phone Award and the Best Design Award, and Ertian was nominated for the Global Mobile Person of the Year Award and many other nominations.

  Domanf, President of the Global Mobile Association, praised the P1 mobile phone, which opened a new era…”

Throwing down a technology magazine in his hand, Sandel was upset about the touts of the P1 mobile phone. GSMA is organized by the Global Mobile Communications Association and is the most influential association in the global mobile phone industry and mobile Internet industry. Jackpot.

  How about the real influence, winning the grand prize is equivalent to having an endorsement for a mobile phone brand, proving that this brand is the best mobile phone in the world, which is a bit more big.

Winning or not winning the GSMA Association Awards has no impact on Motorola, but in the past few years, as long as the touts about mobile phones, it generally belongs to Motorola, even if it has been surpassed by Nokia in recent years, as long as it involves mobile phones The grand prize is basically a biography of Nokia and Motorola.

But now, the emergence of Alcatel mobile phones has broken this balance. With the current popularity of P1 mobile phones, coupled with the real connection between mobile phones and mobile networks, it is no surprise that this year's P1 mobile phones won the award. To get soft.

   What made Sandel annoyed was not only the name that was robbed by the Alcatel mobile phone, but more importantly, whether Motorola wanted to join the Saipan camp.

   Seeing the P1 mobile phone, there was an unstoppable posture. The mobile phone brands that were still hesitating before joined the camp of the Saipan system one after another.

  Ericsson, Sony, Siemens, Sanyo, Panasonic, Samsung and many other brands, seeing the popularity of P1 mobile phones, began to bear it, and wanted to launch mobile phones with Symbian system as soon as possible.

These mobile phone brands, for the sake of beautiful knives, are not shabby. Motorola, the overlord of the mobile phone industry, if it also puts down its posture, I am afraid it will make people laugh. At this point, Motorola's Bigger is probably going to disappear.

   Inside Motorola, there is a constant debate about whether to use the Symbian system, and there is a requirement to use it. Otherwise, Motorola's mobile phones will not be able to launch functions such as Internet access, e-mail, mobile instant messaging, and games, which will seriously affect sales.

But there are also many opponents. Motorola has always been known for its technology. The first mobile phone was developed by Motorola. When it first landed on the moon, Armstrong's famous saying was also transmitted back to the earth through Motorola's equipment. This is Motorola's Bigger and pride, it is the ancestors really rich.

   Now if the system of other mobile phones is used, is Motorola still the same Motorola it used to be?

  Sander is inclined to use the Saipan system. He came to Motorola halfway through Motorola. He has no idea about Motorola's so-called Bigger and tradition.

What Sandel wants to do is to increase Motorola's sales as soon as possible, and then increase the stock price. He is a professional manager. In America, the only people he needs to explain are Motorola's board of directors and Wall Street, because these two groups of people, As for his year-end bonus, dividends, and others, Sandel doesn't actually care.

Looking at the time, Sandel looked at the door from time to time. He needed the support of someone to install the Symbian system on Motorola's mobile phone. I don't want to see that when other brands of mobile phones have fully surpassed Motorola in terms of functions, Motorola is still playing in the mud...

   There was a sound of footsteps, and Sandel got up to open the door himself. A slightly thin man came in. Sandel opened the door and said to the man, "Director Chris!"

The person who came was Chris Calvin, the third-generation head of the Motorola family. Chris Calvin has now officially entered the Motorola board of directors. He is also the most influential person in Motorola today, even more than Sandel. If nothing else, the next Motorola will enter the era of Sandel and Chris Calvin co-rule.

  Just now representing the Calvin family and returning to Motorola, Chris, who launched the Iridium project, was a little high-spirited.

   Born in the Calvin family, one of the top giants in Ameri, and also the previous generation leader, Robert Calvin, who worked hard to cultivate, Chris Calvin has an extraordinary bearing, and sitting there is the focus.

  Chris glanced and saw that on Sandel's desk, there were all kinds of news about the P1 mobile phone, "President Sandel, come over to me, there should be something?!"

   Looking at the personable Chris, Sandel said without any nonsense, "I need the Saipan system to appear on Motorola's next-generation mobile phone!"

   Hearing Sandel's straightforward words, Chris frowned, "I'm afraid this is not good news for Motorola phones."

   "Motorola doesn't have that much time. In the future, if needed, Motorola can develop its own mobile phone operating system, but now, Motorola cannot lag behind other mobile phone brands in technology and lose its market share."

   Sandel said to Chris Calvin, and then added, "Director Chris, the Iridium Project is my signature!"

   This is to remind Chris Calvin that Sandel has just supported the Calvin family on the Iridium project. The Iridium project is his father's long-cherished thought. Chris Calvin can't cross the river to demolish the bridge and demolish Sandel's stage.

Hearing this, Chris, who originally did not want to support this decision, hesitated a little. He felt that joining the Saipan Alliance would make Motorola lose sight of other mobile phones, which was different from the decisiveness of the first two heads of the Calvin family. The wealthy Chris does not have that decisiveness.

  It was his father. If he didn't agree, he would never accept Sandel's proposal, but Chris Calvin was a little hesitant.

   "If this proposal can be approved by the board of directors, I am willing to hand over Motorola's wireless equipment, walkie-talkies, car audio and other businesses to Director Chris for management!"

   Sandel upped the ante again.

   (end of this chapter)