My Age of Investment

Xia Jingxing did not answer the other party directly, but took out a black mobile phone from his trouser pocket, and gently placed it on the table.

"T-Mobile Sidekick!"

Andy Rubin exclaimed, picked up the phone, and slid it skillfully to the side. The display screen slid to the side, revealing a small keyboard with five rows of miniature and exquisite keys arranged neatly.

Then, the middle-aged man held the mobile phone in his hand and played with it like a child.

Xia Jingxing chuckled, before coming, he had done enough homework.

This mobile phone is the first mobile phone developed by Andy Rubin in his life, and it was developed for the German telecommunications company T-Mobile.

Consumers can use it to surf the Web, send and receive e-mail, chat using AOL's Instant Messenger, play online games, read e-mail and.

Released in October 2002, the phone was also the masterpiece of Andy Rubin's last company, Danger.

After playing with it for a while, Andy Rubin put down the phone and said, "What do you think of it, Darren?"

Xia Jingxing said very humorously: "It's very cool, but it's not cool enough, because you can't use Facebook and YouTube."

Rubin smiled, "When it was released, your company hadn't even been established yet?"

"Yes, Facebook was just launched at that time, and it was still promoting in several Ivy League schools."

Rubin said: "In fact, at first we just wanted to do an operating system for the camera, a networked camera.

But no venture capital was optimistic about it, so we were forced to add a keyboard and a wireless communication module to it, and it became a mobile phone abruptly. "

Xia Jingxing looked at this man with the same hairstyle as Jobs, and sighed that he had so many wonderful ideas!

This kind of interest is actually cultivated from an early age.

Rubin was born in New York in 1963. His father was a psychiatrist and a toy store owner, so he had access to countless electronic toys since he was a child, and he could disassemble them freely. He planted the seeds of geeks since he was a child.

After graduating from college, Rubin worked as a robotics engineer at Zeiss.

Later traveled in the Cayman Islands,

On the way, I picked up a poor guy who was kicked out of the house by his girlfriend, and kindly helped him find a place to live.

In return, the other party introduced Rubin to work at Apple, where he worked.

At Apple, Rubin participated in the development of Quadra, Apple's first tower computer, and the first optical modem in history.

Later, Apple spun off the handheld computer department and the communication equipment department to form a new company. Rubin was also transferred there and participated in the development of a smartphone operating system and interface called Magic Cap. This company was still in 1995. Successfully listed.

Just because the concept is too advanced, this mobile phone operating system has not become popular.

This is why Jobs hated Rubin to death. He felt that the latter not only imitated himself in hair style and dress, but also stole lessons from his own company.

After Rubin left Apple, he joined the interactive Internet TV Web TV and created a number of communication patents.

At that time, this product had hundreds of thousands of users and successfully achieved profitability, with annual revenue exceeding US$100 million.

Later, Microsoft acquired Web TV and changed its name to MSN TV. Rubin did not achieve any decent results at Microsoft, but he created a walking robot, equipped with a camera and a microphone, wandering around Microsoft, recording what he saw and heard.

The computer controlling the bot was later hacked, and although no damage was done, Microsoft's security team resented it and asked Rubin to take the bot home.

Rubin felt that Microsoft was boring, so he simply started his own business.

The entrepreneurial idea has also changed from a device the size of a chocolate bar that can scan objects and convert them into pictures and upload them to the Internet, to a camera that can be connected to the Internet, and then to a mobile phone operating system.

Looking at Rubin's working experience, we know that the other party has deep attainments in the field of electronic equipment and robotics.

In the words of the industry, if you can afford a welding torch, you can write code.

In addition, Rubin is indeed a robot enthusiast.

The word Android first appeared in 1886 in the French science fiction "Future Eve".

When working at Google in his previous life, Rubin also created a robot with a mechanical arm like he did at Microsoft, which can pour coffee and grab a car.

In the end, this guy also managed to bring Google into the pit of robots.

Boston Dynamics has created the robot dog Spot, the fast-running cheetah robot, and the humanoid robot that can be used for rescue in disaster areas.

All kinds of compelling styles are shining, but they just can't make money.

But with this kind of thing, talking about money is vulgar.

Apart from forcing the female assistant to "bite" him in the hotel, Rubin basically can't find any other shortcomings, and he is a true research and development genius.

But one yard counts for one yard, Xia Jingxing is negotiating business with the other party now, putting personal morality aside for now.

"Mr. Lubin, let me talk about my understanding of the mobile phone operating system."

Rubin waved his hand, "Don't be so polite, just call me Andy."

"Okay, Andy, the current mobile phone operating system market is dominated by Symbian, which accounted for 53.03% of the global market as of the first quarter of 2005.

Palm, Microsoft, and BlackBerry respectively occupy the second, third, and fourth places in the industry. "

Andy nodded, it seems that the young man in front of him really did his homework, even the decimal point can be reported clearly.

"The Symbian company behind the Symbian system was jointly established in 1998 by Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola and several manufacturers.

The two complement each other, the Symbian system has achieved several manufacturers, and the sales of several manufacturers have promoted the prosperity of the system.

It is precisely because of this alliance that the Symbian system is becoming more and more powerful, and it is still eroding the market share of the other three systems. "

Xia Jingxing said with a smile: "Android wants to compete with it, it is not an easy task."

Andy smiled. He thought what kind of remarks he would say. It seems that Darren, who is famous in Silicon Valley, is nothing more than that.

If you dare not start a business because you are afraid of giants, what is the use of technological innovation?

When Xia Jingxing saw Andy with a faint smile on his face, he knew that the other party didn't care too much, so he continued: "However, there is a good opportunity to overtake on a curve right now."

Now Andy became interested and asked, "You mean?"

"In every technological wave, some front waves will be killed on the beach by the back waves. I think it's time to reshuffle the cards."

Andy smiled and said, "I think your words are exaggerated. The market shares of Nokia and Symbian have been increasing all the way, and they are developing very well, and there is no sign of decline."

"That's because mobile phones and the Internet have not yet been deeply integrated, and everything is in the hands of mobile phone manufacturers and operators."

This sentence hit Andy's heart. Danger's first mobile phone failed like this. At that time, only T-Mobile was willing to cooperate with them.

Their current business plan is to distribute the software to handset makers for free.

Carriers then order phones from manufacturers that run Android's open-source software, branding or modifying them to their liking.

Next, Android sells "value-added services" based on the software to operators.

But this business plan must first impress the stinky and tough operators and let them share a little right to speak in the mobile phone market.

"According to your opinion, the Internet can break the current pattern of the mobile phone market?" Andy asked Xia Jingxing with a glance.

This is the application ecology.

Although the current mobile phones can access the Internet, there are no APP applications at all, not to mention the exaggeration of millions of developers in the future.

However, the success of Android is due to the persecution of IOS on operators and mobile phone manufacturers, as well as the stupidity of the Symbian system.

The emergence of Android open source immediately became a life-saving straw. Everyone cried and shouted to join in the fight against the evil apple that didn't even give them a sip of soup.

As for the prosperous application ecology, it will be the moat in the future.

The development of Hongmeng OS is difficult, and the main reason is that it suffers from the application ecology.

Xia Jingxing said: "In the future, surfing the Internet with mobile phones will become more and more common and more convenient."

Andy nodded, "Yes, this is the general trend."

"In this trend, a real smartphone will definitely be born."

Andy frowned, "A real smartphone?"

"That's right, the current handheld computer and the so-called smart phone should be just a transitional product, and in the future there will be a smart phone that can run a large number of applications at the same time.

And with the upgrading of mobile communication technology, the applications on mobile phones will continue to be upgraded. "

Andy nodded, "That's true. In the past, mobile phones could only make calls. Who would have thought that they could chat online, play games, and watch news?"

Xia Jingxing shrugged, "That's right, the earliest mobile phone app in the past was probably the Snake game, and after it can be connected to the Internet, the functions will increase.

With the advancement of technology and the continuous penetration of the Internet, websites such as online shopping, social networking, search, and hotel booking may all become mobile applications. "

Andy quickly thought of many problems, how to operate with so many applications? How should the interface be modified?

When he asked these questions to Xia Jingxing, the latter smiled and said nothing.

It's okay to talk about some theoretical things, but we still can't rashly reveal the secrets in actual operation.

Andy hit a soft nail and didn't ask again, but said: "Daren, didn't you say you want to cooperate with us?

Tell me, what kind of cooperation do you want? "

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