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Lin Zheng repeatedly looked at the customized ICQ mobile phone of ICQ in his hand. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Although this ICQ mobile phone was designed by himself, this is the first time Lin Zheng has received a finished product.

Different from the classic shape of this era, this mobile phone positioned as "Internet social" adopts the first full keyboard design of this era...... There is a classic shape of the Blackberry, and I am simply sorry for myself...... There is a yellow ICQ shortcut key on the lower right side of the key area, as long as you press this shortcut key, it will automatically open the ICQ mobile phone software, which is very convenient.

This RimBlackberry phone uses a horizontal 2.2-inch black and white character dot matrix screen, in an era when almost all phones can only display two lines of 32 characters, this screen is an absolute "giant screen", a powerful mess.

The phone is a brand that will be renamed BlackBerry a few years later, but considering how easy it will be to change the name in the future, the phone is now called BlackBerry."

As a mobile phone positioned in the Internet communication function, whether the input is fast and convenient is the key to the key, Lin Zheng tried to edit a text message, very good, very convenient, the design of the full keyboard makes the income of English into a kind of enjoyment, try to turn on Wi-Fi, the connection speed is also very fast - since it is a mobile phone positioned in the Internet communication function, how can it not have its own w*i-fi function?

This ICQ phone also inadvertently made history: a Wi-Fi enabled phone in the world.

RIM's CEO, Jim. Bellsley looked at his boss with a nervous face, RIM has only launched a RIM wireless two-way pager now, when the boss said that the design of this mobile phone was handed over to him. Jim. Bear Slope felt as happy as a wild dog that had been hungry for three days and suddenly encountered a large pot of fragrant meat and bones, with years of experience begging for a living in telecommunications circles. Jim. Bellsley dares to use his wife to pack a ticket to anyone, and this phone will definitely sell well. The hot, hot kind.

But now there is another premise, is the boss, the designer, satisfied with the mobile phone?

"Jim, how has the user reacted to this product?" Lin Zheng, who was very satisfied with the phone after trying it out, put the phone aside and asked Jim. Bellsley asked.

Seeing the boss's reaction, Jim. Bellsley finally put his mind at ease and hurriedly said: "All users who have tried this mobile phone are very fond of this product, and think that the full keyboard input method is the biggest highlight, and among our survey respondents, more than 7 percent of users said that they would buy one after this mobile phone is launched." ”

Isn't that a highlight? Full keyboard input is BlackBerry's signature, if the nine-square grid input method is the most suitable for the appetite of Chinese people, then the full keyboard English input method is undoubtedly the most in line with the input habits of Europeans and Americans...... You don't need to choose a word, you can type in whatever you want.

"How many of them are ICQ users?" Nodding, Lin Zheng continued to ask, this is the focus of Lin Zheng's attention, after all, it is a mobile phone with ICQ function.

"Basically, it's all about," put this up, Jim. Bellsley couldn't help but grin: "Boss." You have to know that now in this age group, between 14 and 60 years old, there are very few people who are not ICQ users......"

Lin Zheng patted his head and smiled: Isn't it. In terms of ICQ's coverage across the United States, it's really not easy to find someone at this age group who isn't an ICQ user, especially among students. Each student has more than one ICQ account.

"That's right, boss. This is the two-way pager with integrated ICQ functionality you commanded earlier," said Jim. Bear Slopes remembered something else. Hurriedly took out a pager with a full keyboard from his pocket and put it in front of Lin Zheng respectfully, "We have signed an agreement with the telecommunications company in Canada, and users who buy this two-way pager only need to pay another $1.9 per month for the traffic package, and they can use the ICQ function without restrictions." ”

"How much does it cost to pay $1.9 per month? Isn't it a bit expensive? Lin Zheng was a little surprised: This price is not cheap.

Jim. Bellsley smiled bitterly and said: "It's already very cheap, according to the idea of the telecom company, they want to raise the data fee to $5.9 per month, we took a lot of effort, and finally told them that if they don't agree, we will cooperate with the telecom operator on the US side." ”

"Tsk......" Listen to Jim. Bellsley said this, and Lin Zheng only shook his head, but since Jim. Bellsley had already done it, and Lin Zheng was naturally too lazy to do anything, and asked, "What about the price?" How has the price of this new rim850 changed compared to the original version of the 850? ”

The function of this customized version of the ICQRIM850 SMS machine is very similar to the function of the SMS machine launched in China, which is based on the RIM850 two-way pager and adds an ICQ function, and this new two-way pager also has a new number: RIM850ICQ version.

ICQ to RIM customized this "BlackBerry" mobile phone is aimed at users who have worked, financial resources, and RIM850ICQ version of the two-way pager is aimed at student users with poor personal financial status, although the RIM850ICQ version can not be used to make calls, but the two-way paging function is very popular with students and some low-income groups, and now the ICQ function has been added, Lin Zheng is very worried about whether users can afford the price.

"You don't have to worry, we've already thought about it," said Jim. Bellsley patted his chest and said to Lin Zheng proudly: "The price has not changed much from the old version of the RIM850, the price has only increased by 10 US dollars, and we have also added Wi-Fi function to this version of the RIM850 pager......"

Even the Wi-Fi function has been added? This was a bit unexpected by Lin Zheng: "This is a lot of cost increases, right?" ”

"Yes added some," Jim. Bellsley nodded: "Combined, it is $10 less than the profit of the previous version of the RIM850, but I have signed an agreement with Mr. Benier and the telecom operator, and as long as the users are still using our products, we will be able to get a portion of the rebate from the telecom operator and ICQ every month...... That's what matters to us. ”

Sure enough, foreign devils are cunning and cunning! Lin Zheng also had to admire Jim. Bellsley's brain is good, he even firmly believes that even if the rim850icq version loses money, this guy is willing to sell: the money lost on the machine itself is earned back from the telecom operator and ICQ, and the machine loses money only once, and the rebate that can be obtained from the telecom operator and ICQ is every month, as long as you are not stupid, you know that the cooperation method is more cost-effective, and the most important thing is to roll out the product as much as possible in the early stage.

Lin Zheng didn't ask about the specific details of the cooperation, and he didn't need to know, but he said to Jim. Bellsley was very satisfied with this way of handling, nodded and said: "Since this is the case, I won't ask more, can the financial side hold up?" ”

Speaking of which, Jim. Bellsley smiled and said happily: "No problem, the bankers have smart noses, we just signed the cooperation agreement with ICQ and telecom operators, and several banks came to us to provide loans." ”

"The banker came to the door? Sure enough, it's a bunch of guys with noses smarter than dogs! Lin Zheng scolded, but he was in a good mood: "Did you borrow money from the bank?" ”

"That's not true, the foundry is optimistic about the market prospects of our products, and after signing a long-term cooperation agreement with them, the foundry is willing to charge 20% of the first batch of 300,000 products, and the remaining 80% will be given after the funds are returned." Jim. Bellsley laughed more and more happily.

"it!" For Jim. What happened to Bear Sley, Lin Zheng only used this way to express his feelings: Nima brothers, why haven't I encountered such a good thing?

Emotion to emotion, since everything has been prepared on RIM's side, Lin Zheng is also relieved, waving his hand to Jim. Bellsley said, "I'll be relieved that you're okay here, go back and get ready, Jim, you should understand how important this opportunity is to RIM." ”

"Hmm!" Jim. Bales nodded forcefully.

Of course, he knows what this opportunity means for RIM company, before this RIM company's share of the pager market was less than 3%, and the share of the mobile phone market was directly 0, if it weren't for the fact that the largest shareholder of RIM company was Lin Zheng, how could such a good thing fall on his head?

RIM has already reached a consensus internally, for RIM company, this opportunity is the key to whether RIM can play a beautiful turnaround battle in the mobile phone and infinite paging market, the boss has set up such a beautiful stage for himself, if he can't make RIM famous, his CEO should take the initiative to resign and let Xian.

"In addition, I will re-enter the supplementary agreement with the foundry to re-enter the previous OEM of 500,000 mobile phones and 500,000 pagers, and if the foundry is unwilling, I can provide financial guarantee here."

"Huh?" Jim. Bellsley was intimidated by his boss's extravagance: a supplementary agreement for 500,000 cell phones and 500,000 pagers? I signed a foundry agreement of 100,000 + 300,000 with the foundry before, which is not enough? (To be continued......) r1292

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