072 Amazing Release (5)
As many questions were asked and answered, and the press conference drew to a close, although there were still many questions, many things needed to be verified before they could be determined. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoAnyone who is present or watching the live broadcast,The vast majority of people have decided to download the small card intelligent assistant for the first time,Feel for yourself what the "quasi-artificial intelligence" is all about,So as to decide whether to praise or complain。
There are also people who speculate maliciously that throwing out the name of artificial intelligence to make this product full of selling points has been successful from a marketing point of view. After the software is open for download, it may just be a voice control software for the intensive class.
Next, a reporter asked: "I just noticed that the mobile phone platform you said does not include the Apple platform, is this your slip of the tongue, or can it be understood that the software does not have an Apple version?" Why? ”
There are not many viewers who have noticed this, and the discussion groups of various websites have swiped countless skyscrapers on this issue. On Facebook's live streaming platform, foreign users have paid the most attention to this issue, even overshadowing the question of artificial intelligence.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand that according to the latest market research, the mobile phone system with the highest share in China is Android, reaching 74%. Apple's market share is 24.4%, while Microsoft's is only used by 1% of mobile phone users, while other systems such as Blackberry are used by less than 0.6%.
In foreign countries, especially in Europe and the United States (which is also the main area where foreign users of small card translation software are located), the market share of Apple's mobile phone system mostly exceeds 35%, and even more than 50% in the United States.
What's more, there are too many G-points at this press conference, which makes everyone's expectations and curiosity about the small card intelligent assistant all the way up. At this time, I was suddenly told that the software could not run on the Apple system, which would naturally cause a lot of turmoil.
"Yes! There is no IOS version of the small card smart assistant we released this time. Chen Wenhao gave a clear answer.
"Why?!" The reporter was already excited, an instinct when a reporter found out about the big news.
At this moment, on major live broadcast platforms at home and abroad, questions such as "why" have also been brushed up.
Chen Wenhao was not in a hurry and gave an answer, "In order to achieve quasi-artificial intelligence, the small card intelligent assistant needs to have some system permissions without violating user privacy and data security. As a result, our software failed to pass the review of the Apple Store, and after negotiation with Apple, no agreement has been reached yet. This time, we can only regrettably suspend the release of the Apple version. ”
Actually, this statement is a bit untrue. In fact, in the opinion of Kamodo's internal employees, Apple's failure to pass the audit was due to the addition of a hardware acceleration module to the software. And quasi-artificial intelligence was launched by the boss of his own company in order to fight back against Apple.
However, Chen Wenhao has his own considerations, and he does not plan to officially promote the hardware acceleration module, but uses it as a hidden easter egg for software. On the one hand, this is due to the Easter egg thinking that most programmers have, and on the other hand, from a long-term perspective, users will slowly feel that the mobile phone is smooth to use after installing the small card software, and it is not possible to change other software. This is a subtle marketing idea, which belongs to the changing version of "the aroma of wine is not afraid of deep alleys".
Just like Apple, its marketing ideas are still worth learning from in many places. Regardless of whether the pricing of its products is too high relative to the cost of its hardware, one thing has to be admitted, Apple's products are definitely industry leaders in terms of industrial design, workmanship, and quality control. But you see, every time Apple releases a new product, it will promote new features, new features, and new hardware, but I have never seen it have words such as fine workmanship and strict quality control in its promotional copy.
Wow! The reporters in the media gallery couldn't see what Chen Wenhao was thinking, but this remark was enough to make them instantly in an uproar. This is absolutely big news! Many people in the guest table were also visibly moved.
Don't listen to Chen Wenhao's words, but in essence, this represents the start of a war between Kamodo, a domestic IT upstart, and Apple's international giant.
From the perspective of market capitalization and company heritage, although the $27 billion Kamodo company is also a behemoth, it is still a lot worse than Apple, which has a market value of more than 600 billion. What's more, the market capitalization of the former represents the valuation of venture capital funds, while the market capitalization of the latter is the real flow of funds that can be realized after listing.
But no one dares to say that Apple will win this time. The key is that Kamodo has cash cows such as small card translation software, and as long as there are no similar products on the market with enough performance to compete with them, this gold absorption effect will continue. What's more, many of Kamodo's shareholders are also rich in money. Apple's beating on the best money stick for small and medium-sized companies is useless.
Everyone is not afraid of big things anyway. In fact, since Apple set up a software store and achieved a closed-loop ecosystem, no software provider has really started a war against Apple. Under the premise that the Android platform cannot achieve stable revenue, as the most stable software publishing platform, countless software providers still have to hug Apple's thighs even though they are going to be siphoned off half of their sales revenue. However, the mobile terminal of the small card translation software, oh no, now it is going to be called the small card intelligent assistant, and it may be the only software that has the ability to challenge this rule in recent years.
"Has your company decided to give up on iPhone users?" After answering the usual questions, the reporters who came back to their senses turned their attention back, and a media reporter asked loudly after getting the microphone.
Although media reporters do not know how many users of small card software use Apple's system, it does not prevent them from refreshing the situation of various live broadcast platforms and large forums on the Internet at the same time as the venue, and the discussion on this point has made the entire network become stuck. The portal of the organic spirit has opened a relevant questionnaire on the homepage, and in just ten minutes, hundreds of thousands of people have participated in the vote, hoping to coordinate with Apple as soon as possible to launch the Apple version of the software. The number of Apple system users in the small card group can be seen.
"We will open an official poll for paid users to participate in, and if there is a sufficient majority of users who need the Apple version of the app, the company will consider releasing a jailbroken version of the Apple version for these users." Chen Wenhao's answer to this question threw out another bombshell news.
The so-called "jailbreak" simply means taking advantage of the vulnerabilities of the Apple system to obtain the highest authority of the system, and then use some restricted functions in the iOS system device. The most significant effect is that you can install the software without going through Apple's official software store.
In fact, the "jailbreak" only obtains permissions, not piracy. As long as you don't install pirated apps after jailbreaking, this behavior does not involve piracy. In fact, in the new regulations announced by the U.S. government in July 2010, the "jailbreaking" of Apple's system has been officially recognized as legal, and the act of downloading software that has not been approved by Apple is also considered legal.
Legal, while legitimate, is rarely done by large software companies. On the one hand, "jailbreaking" users account for only a small percentage of users using Apple's system, and it is impossible for software companies to abandon the vast majority of users.
On the other hand, once the "jailbreak" version is officially launched, it is equivalent to being on the same page with Apple, and it will be difficult to turn back if you tear your face or something.
However, the fact that a Chinese IT company can tear its face with Apple, the world's largest company by market capitalization, and seems to have enough ability to fight, is a little exciting for even the onlookers. As for the media, it is the main representative of the matter.
Finally, Chen Wenhao announced that an hour after the end of the press conference, the small card intelligent assistant APP will be launched on the official website and major well-known software platforms for download. The app is still charged at 10 yuan per month ($1.99 for foreign users), and if you already have a paid account on your desktop, you will be charged 5 yuan per month if you purchase the app within the payment period on your desktop.
At the same time, the computer side of the small card translation software will also be upgraded in the near future, which will strengthen the translation mechanism of various application literature and professional manuscripts, focusing on the translation optimization of written language, and the computer side will not load artificial intelligence-like modules. The mobile phone side of the small card will focus on colloquial language and various slang, which is more suitable as a tool for communicating with people. This will also be the differentiated operation of the desktop and mobile versions in the future.
Of course, there are also many media who are interested in Huimeitu's photo drones, but such questions have been briefly brought by Chen Wenhao. This is also the debut of the "selfie artifact" made out of personal interest, and although it was at the launch of the Kamodo company, it is not intended to be under the brand name of the Kamodo company.
In the end, the first press conference after the establishment of the Kamodo company, in such a situation, I don't know if it is perfect, but at least it can be regarded as a very lively end.
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ps1: I saw that some readers in the water review area questioned that the protagonists are in their early 30s, and others still call him young and promising, which is not very appropriate. Well, Caixin wants to say, maybe there are too many myths about entrepreneurship and wealth nowadays, and I have heard too many 18-year-old multimillionaires, 20-year-old billionaires, and a bunch of rich second generations with hundreds of millions of pocket money. But in fact, you can look at the age of the big companies around you, and then think about it, if as the book says, the early 30s started from scratch and laid a foundation worth tens of billions, I think it can be counted, as for the definition of youth, the latest statement of the United Nations is that all young people are under the age of 45 :). Therefore, Caixin thinks that the four words young and promising can still catch up with the protagonist.
PS2: I hope readers can come to the book review area to make suggestions, and I will absorb them if they are reasonable. In the process of running naked with less than 100 clicks a day, only you are the driving force for Caixin to insist, thank you!