Chapter 90: A Time to Witness History (3)
“…… These so-called smart phones are generally the call function, plus simple sending and receiving emails, and the same Internet function as a baby...... But the problem is, they're not smart at all...... They all have an important problem, and that is, the bottom half of them!" On the video wall, in the pictures of representative models of smartphones of Motorola, Blackberry, Nokia and other brands, the upper part of the screen is cut off, leaving the bottom half of the keyboard. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Amid the laughter from the audience, Jobs said seriously: "Yes, they are the most important questions...... Whether you use them or not, these plastic keypads have always existed, and everything on your phone has to deal with these gadgets, but if you want to use each software flexibly, it must have its own unique interface like desktop software. But not on this - the keyboard is already compact enough that it can't reserve more function keys, and if it does, it will be difficult to maintain and upgrade the software in the future...... You want to add or modify a feature, you can't! Because it's already sold, you can't take it back, tear it down, redesign the keyboard and give it back to the user......"
"So, how can we change this difficulty? Apple already has the answer, and that is ......"
In the TV picture, Jobs turned slightly sideways and pointed to the TV wall on the side: "...... Keep only one screen!"
And sure enough, it was!
In the venue, people's sighs sounded.
Looking at the appearance of the mobile phone with only one screen on the TV wall, An Dingbang said secretly.
On the side, Andy Rubin, who had been watching intently, frowned, he is engaged in mobile phone design work, and he understands the difficulties of using touch screens better than Andingbang.
Is this what Apple calls revolutionary and groundbreaking?
Andy Rubin laughs, touchscreens are not as good as keyboards!
"Boss, is this another prank by Stephen Jobs?" he looked at An Dingbang with a smile on his face, "If yes, then I will be happy to say that he has successfully deceived us again, if not, then I will be even happier!"
"......" The big boss smiled and shook his head, looking unfathomable, because there was a machine exactly like the one in the picture lying quietly in his pocket.
At the venue on the other side, Zuckerberg also looked at An Yuxi with a disappointed expression: "Ann, this is what you have always highly recommended......?" Man, I don't mean anything else, but this ......" He gestured a few times, trying to find a more tactful word, but after a few efforts, he gave up and had to shrug his shoulders.
But to his surprise, An Yuxi still held his hands in front of his chest and sat in his seat, with the same expression on his face as the big boss.
Like An Yuxi, Stephen Jobs, who could clearly see the disappointment on many people's faces on the press deck, did not make any panicked moves, calmly introduced the newly developed "multi-touch" technology, as well as the operating system used by the Iphone, and its exterior design.
During this period of more than ten minutes, the venue was mostly in a state of silence, which should be extremely dangerous for a press conference.
Many times, this silence is a sign of failure!
Looking back by chance, An Yuxi could even see that Phil Schiller, Jonathan Ivey and others who were sitting not far from him were constantly wiping their sweat, even if the air was not hot!
He knew that at this time, people still didn't believe what Jobs said, and the Internet was probably a mess!
……
As An Yuxi guessed, when Jobs showed the design results of the Iphone, the Internet was dumb for a while, and then it suddenly became a mess.
"****! I am so expectant, a touch screen can dare to say that the breakthrough design is something that can be used by a small miscellaneous mobile phone!"
"I don't want to say more, I'm so disappointed!"
"Jobs is really old, such a garbage thing, dare to say that it is on the same level as IPod and Macintosh......"
On the Internet in the United States, some communities of Apple product enthusiasts gather, and with each refresh, similar shocking remarks continue to dominate the page, and the situation is similar in other countries.
All the people who have used touchscreen mobile phones, or know about touch screens, are mostly pessimistically sighing, sarcastic, and regretful.
This situation lasted until Jobs began to demonstrate, and it did not dissipate.
When the technical description of the technology involved in the entire Iphone, built-in configuration, etc., except for the moment when the iPhone slid to unlock, the novel unlocking method amazed people, and the subsequent performance was not satisfactory.
The first demonstration of the iPod function can not attract users, because in addition to the equipped 3 or 5-inch large screen, the video and audio technology of the iPhone can be realized on the IPod, and then the demonstration of the call function, the so-called caller message graphic query, phone book portable operation, multi-person conversation, etc., etc., are not enough to show the "breakthrough" shock.
On the one hand, it is because traditional smartphones are not as inconvenient for people in terms of phone functions as Jobs said, and on the other hand, many people suspect that what he shows is rehearsed in advance.
Even until Steve Jobs began to demonstrate the power of Internet communication, it did not arouse enthusiasm, and most people were skeptical about this new thing that subverted traditional usage habits.
At the scene, listening to the voices that were becoming more and more perfunctory, whistling and cheering in support only when Jobs's speech was in the passionate stage, some Apple executives were already sweating.
In Los Angeles, Anding Bang listened to Andy Rubin, who was next to him, with a gloomy expression criticizing the Iphone.
"To be honest, his initial swipe unlock was quite interesting, and the iPod demo was great, but Jobs apparently forgot that he was going to launch a mobile phone, and now what is it? an oversized iPod?" Andy Rubin smirked, "Oh, and I should add a feature that can make calls, ha, an iPod that can make calls, that's a great concept, and then borrowed some of BlackBerry's ideas on calls, and called itself revolutionary...... Hehe...... "Andy Rubin belittles the iPhone to the point where it is useless.
An Dingbang didn't say a word, lowered his eyes, and still looked at Jobs who was drinking water after demonstrating the weather gadget on TV.
…… Could it be that his son is really out of sight?......
Containing doubts and frustration, he hovered in his heart, and although he didn't want to admit it, he knew that what Andy Rubin said was not wrong.
Yes, the iPhone has a lot of highlights, but it doesn't look like a phone at all!
Many thoughts came to his mind, and just when his thoughts were confused and began to pull away, on the TV, after drinking water, as if he didn't notice people's disappointment at all, Jobs, smiled: "What is shown next is the most incredible part, and when I talk about it, I have to mention a partner......"