As soon as Bob Mansfield finished speaking, several live cameras pointed their lenses at the corner of the booth at the same time.

This airport wireless router has been placed here, but the camera has not been turned, and the audience is relatively far away, so no one pays attention.

And now, almost all viewers can see this device in almost the same style as iCom, the size of an adult's palm, through the big screen.

It is also a translucent Bondi blue design in the upper half, although it is a flat rectangular box, but the rounded corner design and translucent Bondi blue create a different sense of fashion.

Bob Mansfield picked up airport from the stand: "This is airport. ”

Bob Mansfield showed the AIREPORT to the audience at 360 degrees: "The Airport app is very simple, you can set it up in the control panel after installing the driver that comes with it with the Indos system. Whether it's a dial-up network or a fledgling broadband, Airport can support it. ”

Bob Mansfield asked the cameraman to point the camera at the back of the airport: "All the ports you need are here, the network cable jack, the output jack for debugging. Oh, and here's the reset hole, if you forget your wireless network password or some simple malfunction you can fix by resetting. ”

Bob Mansfield exclaimed as he showed it: "Look at how beautiful it is, it is exactly the same as the iCom style in your home, and there will be no sense of incongruity." ”

The flash of the on-site media came and went, and this device should be the highlight of this conference, but it is strange why such an important equipment is done by this fat man, not Zack?

Bob Mansfield put the airport back on the stand, "Of course, it's just a device that transmits signals. X has also launched the Airport wireless network card, which can be used as a normal network card and can also receive wireless signals sent by the airport. Oh yes, and by the way, the signal strength emitted by the airport meets the IEEE strength standards and does not cause any negative effects on the human body. ”

Bob Mansfield picked up a nondescript board from the stand, the size of a playing card.

"This is the Matrix wireless card, plug it into the ISA slot of the computer, install the driver, and it will work. At the same time, for iCom users, Matrix has a better solution, and this is it. ”

Bob Mansfield pulled a finger-sized white object out of his pocket and gently pushed the side of the small thing, revealing a USB socket.

"USB is a very good external bus standard and is compatible with almost all external devices. Although the USB standard is not yet widespread, iCom was prescient when it was launched, reserving up to four USB slots. Now, all you have to do is plug this little thing into the USB slot on the back of the iCom, and you're ready to connect to a wireless network. ”

Bob plugged the USB network card into an iCom and demonstrated, and there was another exclamation on the spot, now USB keyboards and mice are rare, let alone such tall things as wireless network cards.

"It's hot-swappable, so you don't have to restart your computer once after you have to replace an external device, which is a really convenient protocol. Mansfield muttered.

Bob Mansfield suddenly grimaced at the audience, "It's weird, I just did a demo with three iComs, didn't you find anything?"

Bob Mansfield looked at the audience's reaction: "These three devices are using the same wireless signal. ”

"Ah!" Just when most of the audience was still in a state of confusion, some of the audience who reacted quickly and knew more about technology had already exclaimed.

"That's right. Bob Mansfield smiled with satisfaction, "The airport is not only a router that converts network signals. It supports up to eight device connections, which means that if you have three computers at home, you don't need to pull three more phone lines or network cables, you only need one airport, and you can connect all three computers to the network. Moreover, Airport actually builds a small wireless LAN, all your network equipment is in this small LAN, as long as you set up the relevant settings in the online neighborhood, you can easily build a completely wireless LAN. ”

"Hiss~" The audience and media representatives all gasped, and up to eight devices can be connected at the same time? What is this concept? As long as there are enough computers at home, you can open a small Internet café. For users who have more than two computers at home, this is simply an artifact.

Bob Mansfield returned to center stage with a big belly, "Okay, having said that, the most important thing, the price." ”

Almost all the audience was calm, although from the price of iCom, Matrix's pricing strategy is quite kind, but people will change, and the company will also change, who knows if Matrix, which has already eaten the sweetness, will set a sky-high price for airport.

Mansfield didn't sell anything, touching his stomach: "Airport wireless router, $99." Wireless cards with built-in wireless cards and USB ports cost the same price, both at $59. ”

All the ordinary spectators present breathed a long sigh of relief, the price was okay and acceptable.

Matrix's pricing is a conscientious one.

It's a new product with no competitors, and even if Matrix doubles the price of the airport, there will be countless consumers who like to try new technology willing to pay for it.

Bob Mansfield continued: "It's true that this price is not high, but in order to allow more people to enjoy the fun of wireless Internet access, we decided to sell it at this price, although it will lose some profits, but it will allow more users to experience a more perfect product, we still stick to the current pricing strategy." ”

"Okay, that's all for my introduction, I hope I'm not too long-winded. ”

Bob Mansfield walked off the stage slowly amid the warm applause of the audience, and slapped Zhang Chen on the sidelines, and from the audience's reaction, he knew that his debut at this press conference was a success.

He was far from being as relaxed as he appeared, and he practiced this phrase for three whole days before he barely passed. Back backstage, Bob Mansfield wiped the sweat from the crease of his neck and complained to Jonathan Ivey backstage: "The next time I make this kind of introduction, either let Zack stick to the whole audience, or you come on, I don't want to suffer again." ”

Jonathan Ivey shrugged: "It's late, Zack just told me that you performed very well, and he plans to let you finalize the next press conference." ”

The audience in the venue didn't know that the two giants of Matrix were arguing backstage, and when they saw Zhang Chen back on the stage, they burst into more enthusiastic applause than before, and everyone was wondering if there was any more important news.

After all, the "one more thing" on the invitation is so reminiscent.

Zhang Chen, who returned to the field, waved his hand to the audience, picked up a bottle of water and took two sips: "The ifi is very good, the airport is also very good, and the operation of Matrix is also very good." ”

"Richard just asked me if Matrix was operating to support such a huge project as the Matrix Store, and the answer was, of course, yes. In four months, Matrix made more than $150 million in profits, and this number is increasing at a rate of 5% every month. The Matrix Store will open up a new sales channel for us, and it will not be a drag on us, and today's press conference is basically over here. ”

As soon as the audience let out a burst of disappointed boos, Zhang Chen was heard to continue: "But before it ends, there is one more thing (one more thing). ”

There was silence at first, followed by some audience members already reacting—this was the real highlight,and then the whole venue erupted in unprecedented applause and cheers.

Zhang Chen stood calmly in the center of the stage and said casually: "Matrix's second i series product, iBook." ”

(End of chapter)