Chapter 1042 The Competitive Landscape of Mobile OS

In fact, it is not surprising that Yang Zhiyuan, a veteran Internet geek, came to learn from Wu Tao.

After all, with the recovery of Nasdaq, the two Internet social networking sites under Wu Tao's name are the ones with the strongest momentum of development in the Internet industry.

In addition, Google, as a rising star of search engines, is also developing rapidly.

But everyone in the know has heard that Apocalypse Investment also has a share in Google’s original shares, and it is said that the share is not small.

It is conceivable that when Google goes public, Tianqi Investment may be the biggest winner besides the founders.

I really have to accept this.

The schedule in California is trivial and complicated, but there are only two items that Wu Tao pays most attention to.

One is the visit and research of chip companies such as Intel, AMD and Infineon, focusing on connecting with the domestic semiconductor industry.

It's just that these chip companies are the leaders of the global semiconductor industry, and they have always been noble and cool.

Even when Wu Tao went to visit with an identity like Wu Tao, and even brought tens of millions of dollars to start a project, his attitude was a bit indifferent.

Wu Tao does not insist on this aspect.

Because there is no other way. Since you want to learn from others, you have to lower your posture and calm your mind.

However, this week's visits one by one did not yield any obvious results.

On the other hand, there is Palm's business.

Driven by Wu Tao, Palm has launched a lightweight operating system that supports multi-threading, and due to free promotion, it currently accounts for more than 70% of the market share in the mobile phone industry.

The market share of handheld terminal devices is as high as over 99%!

The rest of the market is dominated by an OS called Symbian, whose Chinese name is Saipan.

Of course, BlackBerry OS and mobile phones without operating systems still occupy a small share on the market.

However, with the blowout of the mobile phone industry, more and more multinational companies and groups have invested in this area, and everyone understands that smartphones with operating systems are the direction of future development.

For this reason, Wu Tao turned his attention to the operating system Symbian for the first time.

My impression is that the Nokia E71, which used this operating system in its previous life, had a very good experience.

As a result, I didn’t know if I didn’t pay attention to it. Once I paid attention, I discovered that this Symbian system is not an operating system developed by Nokia itself.

It was created by Symbian, an American-owned company, and this Symbian company was actually jointly funded by Motorola and Nokia, and founded together with the founder of Symbian.

I really didn’t expect that Motorola and Nokia had already joined forces.

As for the recent mobile phone products launched by the two companies, they all started to use the Symbian system, Wu Tao did not notice.

It wasn't until he sent people to buy new mobile phones from Motorola and Nokia to try them out that he noticed that the current Symbian system was incomparable to the maturity of the E71 period.

There is even some suspicion of rushing the duck to put it on the shelves.

In this way, the superiority of Palm OS becomes even more prominent.

Even so, Wu Tao is not completely sure about the prospects and future of Palm OS.

After all, there are not only potential rivals like Android emerging, but also the existence of iOS, which is incredible. Thinking about it makes people feel a lot of pressure.

Thinking of this, Wu Tao couldn't help but hope that the guy named Sam could move faster and try to make a capacitive screen that supports multi-touch as soon as possible.

When the time comes, before Android and iOS appear, let’s apply Palm first.

If it works, that's the best; even if it doesn't work, it's still an attempt, and it won't be too late to switch to the Android camp.

With this thought in mind, Wu Tao sat in the study room of the Irvine Villa and wrote down several important new features.

For example, the rich graphic element features, operation support features, etc. were transferred to Jeff Hawkins, the person in charge of Palm Company, and he put it on the development agenda.

After finishing all this, Wu Tao walked downstairs and returned to the backyard to breathe in the fresh air.

The weather in California, it just snowed. It's just not big, it's spread all over the mountains and plains, and it doesn't leave any traces. However, on the grass in the backyard, in some corners where the sun does not shine, there are patches of white snow remaining, showing a chill.

After moving around for a while, I suddenly heard a noise coming from next door.

Wu Tao looked back and saw Molly, wearing a black leather coat, standing in the courtyard, greeting him with a bright face.

"Hi, Wu, look at your expression, unexpectedly, it's full of yearning. Do you miss me? Oh, my God!"

Wu Tao was speechless for a while.

The joy of reunion was instantly shattered by her charming words.

"Why are you back? Are you able to get away from the business in China?" Wu Tao asked.

Molly walked around the backyard and walked into Wu Tao's courtyard and said, "Thanks to you Chinese people, the Spring Festival is approaching, and many business deals have been stopped. It seems that the New Year has become the biggest theme during this period."

Wu Tao spread his hands and said: "What's so strange about this? Isn't it the same as celebrating Christmas with you?"

Molly was noncommittal, then changed the topic and asked, "I heard that your inspection of chip and semiconductor companies did not go well?"

"That's not the case." Wu Tao felt a little cold and began to walk towards the villa. As he walked, he said, "It's just not much gain."

Unexpectedly, Molly chuckled and said, "I have news that may interest you."

"Oh?" Wu Tao walked to the bar, started the coffee machine, made two cups of coffee, handed one cup to the other person and said, "Let's talk about it."

Molly raised her coffee cup, took a sip on her pastel red lips and said, "I heard that AMD has been having a hard time recently and is looking for investment."

Wu Tao was stunned. This was indeed interesting news.

"Of course anyone with a discerning eye can see that AMD's performance is no match for Intel. So not many people are willing to invest." When Molly said this, her tone changed: "Even so, AMD will not fail. Apart from that, Intel will not let AMD fall easily in order to avoid antitrust troubles."

Wu Tao made up his mind and said, "I think we can give it a try."

Just then, the cordless phone next to the bar rang.

When I answered the call, I heard that it was a reporting call from Wu Yingying, and the content of the report was the news that AMD was in urgent need of investment.

Although Molly's news channels are slightly faster, fortunately, Apocalypse Investment's channels in California are not much worse.

So Wu Tao immediately gave Wu Yingying instructions on the phone to continue following up.

Watching Wu Tao put down the phone after giving orders, Molly held her chin in her hands, her eyes so absorbed that she even forgot to drink the coffee on hand.

It wasn't until the phone hung up that Molly came back to her senses and said: "If you really invest in AMD, and AMD's chip manufacturing is all done by TSMC, you are really confused."

Wu Tao was stunned for a moment, then smiled nonchalantly and said, "In that case, it's not me who should be worried, but Zhang Zhongmou!"