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   Chapter 626 Borrowing a knife

  Alcatel mobile phone side, from Bell Labs side, got a lot of good things, 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, America Telecom, Alcatel mobile phones, and now MP3 all use the lab's voice and video. technology.

   The key point is that now in the world, whether it is the Internet industry or the electronics industry, the research and development in this area is not too deep, and it is more about hardware research and development. The MP3 developed by Alcatel mobile phone is the first to eat crabs.

  Erthien said this, the technology of this MP3 is the best, and 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 bluntly said to Ertien that the MP3 in his hand was really scum in terms of design.

It is said that fruit machines are collecting IQ tax, but no one can deny that on the road to collecting IQ tax, fruit machines have really tried their best in terms of appearance design, especially several classic models, and more electronic machinery. In charge of the appearance.

   "The current weight needs to be reduced by more than half. The back body can be made of some plastic, and the buttons are made of metal materials. When the second and third generation MP3s are released, they will all be replaced with metal casings!"

Song Yang said to Ertien and several MP3 chief designers, anyway, the most basic requirement is to make MP3 a product that users carry with them, or even something to hang around their necks. The premise is that who Willing to hang a brick around your neck? !

In addition, Song Yang needs to give the MP3 player a high design, so that young people can take it out and show off to their companions. Whoever holds it will represent fashion, the function can be improved, and the battery can not be used. Durable, but if you fail to install Bi, you will have nothing...

   "There are not so many buttons, no full keyboard, and a ring-shaped scroll wheel design, allowing users to use one finger to complete the operation!"

  Song Yang brought the design of this MP3 closer to the first generation of Apple's iPod. Anyway, Apple has no time to develop MP3 now. What's wrong with Alcatel mobile phones? !

Several MP3 designers heard Song Yang's request and moved their lips. They wanted to say that according to Song Yang's request, the MP3s they designed looked great, but with these techniques, the failure rate of MP3 machines would soar. , These things are bells and whistles, obviously some are not useful, especially the ring wheel, you don't need to look at it to know that there is nothing wrong with it.

   But when the words came to their mouths, several designers swallowed them back. Song Yang is the big money owner, and the request of the big money owner, no matter how outrageous, they have to do it, don't change some small functions.

Another one, outsiders don't know, but people inside Alcatel know it. Song Yang tinkered with the prototype of the popular P1 mobile phone. The current P1 sale has already explained Song Yang. From the perspective of the electronics industry, even if Song Yang is not a professional...

   "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 a few designers, turned his head and said to Song Yang.

Song Yang just nodded his head. It was normal to change the design. According to the character of the gang leader Qiao, who can kill the obsessive-compulsive disorder, the prototype made by the design team. If he did not change it dozens of times, he would be ashamed of him. The leader's name.

  Song Yang is quite a bit sloppy, and he didn't nitpick, otherwise the design team would have lost at least half of their hair by the time they mass-produced MP3!

   After leaving the lab, Eltien said to Song Yang, "In addition to designing the MP3 project, the most important problem to be solved is, which company should we find for Alcatel mobile phones?"

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 can’t be said that Alcatel mobile phones can’t take risks and become a living target of the five major records. Put yourself in.

   "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 PC to the player, copyright issues cannot be avoided!"

  Erthien said with a little worry, the first shot is the first shot, as long as P2 mobile phones and MP3 players are on sale, pirated music cannot be avoided.

At that time, the global record industry, headed by the five major record groups Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, EMI, and BMG Records, will definitely target Alcatel mobile phones. If you are involved in pirated music, if you initiate a lawsuit and claim, with the urgency of several major record giants, if you don't claim tens of billions of dollars, they are considered good people!

   In order to avoid trouble, Alcatel mobile phones must not take the initiative to stab the hornet's nest. Someone has to attract firepower for Alcatel mobile phones.

   "Are there any suitable company goals now?"

When    went to the office building where the Saipan system was located, Song Yang asked Eltien, which was naturally a question to the man who was carrying the pot.

  Alcatel mobile phones come out with technology, design and even production lines, and then look for a company to cooperate with. The MP3 is under the banner of that company, and it will definitely have to take the blame and go to court with the five major record giants.

   But it certainly won't let it go in vain. The money earned by MP3 will be distributed to it, and the money from the lawsuit with the five major record giants will also be paid by Alcatel mobile phones.

   Such a scapegoat 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 scapegoat for Alcatel mobile phones.

   "We have selected several collaborators. Among them, the one with the most opportunity to cooperate with Alcatel Mobile on the MP3 project, I think it may be Dimeng Graphics Company!" Eltien said.

   "Imperial Alliance?!"

  Song Yang pondered for a while, Dimeng is 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 processor and graphics card exist like meat grinders. Giants in the graphics card industry are constantly emerging. ATI, 3DFX, NVIDIA, S3 and many other graphics card brands are killing the sky.

The graphics cards produced by Dimeng are not weak, but the current graphics card industry is obviously not the era of Dimeng. 3DFX and NVIDIA have continuously developed explosive graphics cards, which have also affected the graphics cards of Dimeng, and the price war has made it difficult. Dimeng is also very uncomfortable.

   "The graphics card business of Dimeng is very sluggish now, but in the electronic technology industry, it has enough influence. If we can make Dimeng cooperate with Alcatel mobile phones, we can make MP3 stick the label of Dimeng..."

   To put it bluntly, it is to see that the Dimeng is having a hard time, so I invest a sum of money in the Dimeng, put the brand of the Dimeng on the MP3, and let the Dimeng take the blame.

  Song Yang nodded, "Send someone to contact Dimeng. If Dimeng is willing to cooperate with Alcatel Mobile on the MP3 project, PA Semiconductor can invest in Dimeng, including developing new graphics cards with Dimeng!"

  If you want people to take the blame, you must give enough sweetness, otherwise, who would be willing to sacrifice their lives, and the Dimeng really has the skills in their hands.

   Now Song Yang has no intention of entering the graphics card industry, but with Dimeng, he might use it one day.

   Came to the office building where the Saipan system is located. The atmosphere here is very similar to that of ICQ. Now the staff of the Saipan system is also soaring, almost no less than the hardware engineers who develop mobile phones.

   "Boss!"

Hoblo, who is the system supervisor of Saipan, got up in a hurry when he saw Song Yang. He is an "old man" of Alcatel Mobile. He first joined Alcatel Mobile as a software engineer, and now he is the head of Alcatel Mobile's software department. The manager, going one step further, could basically become the vice president of Alcatel Mobile.

   This is the ceiling of a professional manager, and it is also the limit that Hoblo, an engineer, can achieve.

   However, the current popularity of the "Saipan system" inevitably makes Hoblow a little more thoughtful. Like Hoblow's predecessor, with the "father of instant messaging" on his head, Wesley, the co-president of ICQ, is now earning both fame and fortune.

   As a technician, who doesn't want to be the second Wesley and make money lying down? !

At present, the Saipan system is very possible. Saipan has now become the first choice for the mainstream mobile phone system in the world. Although Microsoft, Motorola, Ericsson, etc. are also developing their own mobile phone systems, in the short term, it is difficult to Threats to the Saipan system.

When the number of mobile phones equipped with the Saipan system exceeds 100 million or even one billion, the status of Saipan will be completely irreplaceable. At that time, Hobluo's worth will soar a lot with this system alone. cut!

   "How far has the music store developed?"

  Song Yang asked Huobuluo that he had to do what he should do. The Alcatel P2 mobile phone was about to be announced, and he had to tell the outside world that the P2 mobile phone had a channel for downloading music.

On the Alcatel mobile side, they are planning to launch a Saipan digital music store for Alcatel mobile phone and MP3 users to download music, similar to Apple's iTunes. This also tells the major record companies that Alcatel mobile phones support them. If you are willing to license the music copyright in your hand to the Saipan Music Store...

   "The music store has now been developed, but in terms of music copyright, the copyright library of Saipan Music Store is too small!"

Huobuluo showed Song Yang the website of the Saipan Music Store, which was not yet online, in the same style as ICQ and Hotmail. Several sites in the hands of a consistent style.

   (end of this chapter)