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   Chapter 445 The Originator of the Mountain

The screen of   ICNC TV station, which has already broadcast other programs, is the audition scene of "America Idol" New York Station.

This is a new variety show launched by ICNC TV. It is auditioned from various states in America, and then a champion contestant is selected to become the annual idol of America. The singer who wins the championship can get a million-dollar record contract. It will also be packaged.

   These are pure grassroots singers. Compared with those singers who were contracted and cultivated by record companies since childhood, these players are naturally mixed.

But that's it, in America Idol, the trial broadcast of America Idol, after the auditions in various states, the ratings still soared, plus the routines deliberately created by the guests and the judges, the ratings of this show have been greatly improved. It has soared on ICNC TV, and the highest online viewership has exceeded 3 million. It is being continuously supported by ICNC and wants to make it a trump card variety show.

Hawkins has no interest in the shows on TV. He has never been interested in this kind of variety show to kill time, but Hawkins heard that young Americans seem to be very interested in this show, and many of them have become famous overnight. Young minds, all signed up for the America Idol audition.

   Hawkins, who has experienced social beatings, knows that ICNC TV and the America Idol program group will definitely not be so kind. If you want to stand on the final stage of America Idol, you must sign various brokerage agreements, otherwise, where can you get resources...

   Taking back his thoughts, Jeff Hawkins frowned. The performance of the P1 phone was somewhat beyond his imagination, and even part of the design and creativity made Hawkins applaud.

But Hawkins is also a little worried. If the functions of mobile phones become more and more powerful, what advantages are there in the high-performance handheld computer, and even Hawkins is worried that Alcatel mobile phones will take advantage of the situation to enter the handheld market or something? Makes Hawkins uneasy.

  Song Yang's side, if he knew that Hawkins was worried about this, he really wanted to tell Lao Huo that he was thinking too much. To put it bluntly, dogs wouldn't do anything like a PDA!

Lao Huo was simply beaten too badly by the society and committed paranoia due to persecution. Palm first started to develop handheld computers, but as a result, many giants such as Microsoft, Apple, Dell, Compaq, Sony, etc. were killed and let Palm The machine market was slaughtered into a river of blood, and Palm managed to survive. It was normal for Lao Huo to worry that another opponent would enter the field, but for Song Yang, how much he could think about it before he entered the field of handheld computers...

After the press conference, Ertien returned to the backstage, pouring water, Song Yang went over and applauded Ertien, "I think this should be the most exciting press conference this year. The industry will remember this day!"

Speaking of Eltien's speech level, it is still far from that of the leader of Qiao, but today's occasion does not require a person with good eloquence to take the stage. When I got on stage, the atmosphere was warm, but after a press conference, apart from the jokes, I guess I can't remember what the phone looks like...

  Erthien took a breath. After the feeling of excitement on the stage just passed, Eltien couldn't help but worry again, "I just hope that the sales of the P1 mobile phone tomorrow will be enough to meet expectations!"

Having been in the electronics industry for many years, Ertien is also well-informed. The situation at the press conference today seems to be very popular. Questionnaire surveys and institutional surveys all show that the product will sell well, but as soon as it goes on the market, no one cares. Ertien does not want it, and the P1 mobile phone has also followed the same path.

Song Yang nodded to Ertian's caution, "Alcatel, we must continue to maintain publicity and increase advertising efforts, not only in America, but also in North American, European, and Asian markets. Advertise, get more celebrity endorsements, hold promotions!"

The current Alcatel mobile phone does not have what Bigger said at all. Apple's machine does not need celebrity endorsements because it is already well-known. With Bigger, it naturally doesn't need that set. At the beginning, various publicity means are naturally needed to increase the popularity and let more people see the Alcatel mobile phone!

   For the release of the P1, the entire Alcatel mobile phone was concerned about the abnormality. After the press conference, Ertien hurriedly returned to the industrial park on the outskirts of San Jose, and began to contact the media and dealers to ensure that the Alcatel mobile phone could be sold on time tomorrow.

   The North American Global Investment Foundation is also very interested in P1, and has mobilized all resources to promote P1 mobile phones!

Double-click there to put advertisements for P1 mobile phones on major American websites such as Yahoo, AOL, Lycos, Netscape, etc. In the next week, as long as American Internet users turn on the computer and enter any The page of a major website can see the figure of the P1 mobile phone.

Hotmail mailbox, this time, is also the target of the focus of advertising. Now Hotmatil mailbox claims to have 30 million users around the world. It is hard to say whether it is true or not, but in America and overseas markets, e-mail has become the most important contact method. One, and now, on the webpage of Hotmai Mailbox, is also an advertisement for the P1 mobile phone.

   As for ICQ, Fortis, eBay, Amazon, and overseas after America are Super, Yeadex, Sohu, 8848, Yinghaiwei, Nippon Yahoo and many other websites have also replaced P1 advertisements.

   If this lineup is put on the Internet in ten years, I am afraid that it is not other mobile phone manufacturers, and they will cry!

   But now the influence of the Internet is far less than that of traditional media advertising, so this time Internet advertising is more icing on the cake.

The bulk of the advertising is still handed over to ICNC TV, NBC TV and WPP. From tomorrow, several big cities in America, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, etc., will have large and small newspapers, magazines, outdoor advertisements, stations, etc. etc., large posters of P1 will be affixed, and in overseas cities such as London and Paris, WPP Group will also advertise.

   Brady, who had attended the product launch, returned home and immediately boarded the computer to enter an electronic forum community that was often flooded.

   As a result, before Brady poured water, he found that there had already been posts about the P1 mobile phone discussion on the forum, and the discussion was quite intense.

  Brady sees that the discussion in the forum post is not about how the P1 functions, but about whether the P1 is a sign of the emergence of a new generation of mobile phones.

"BB phone, Big Brother and now Nokia, Motorola and other brands of mobile phones basically belong to the same product, it is a product that allows people to communicate remotely, and the Alcatel P1 mobile phone has brought mobile phones into the era of feature phones! "

  Brady saw that the most popular post was that the P1 mobile phone was completely classified as a brand new product, which was completely different from the previous mobile phones.

The following discussion on this classification is very intense. Some agree with this post, and some think that the P1 mobile phone is just a trick, just adding a few new functions, saying that it has created a new generation of mobile phones, it is a bit overblown. .

  Brady looked at these posts, and after attending the product launch, he never thought that the P1 had not been sold yet. The status of the rivers and lakes has reached such a level that he has the name of the founder of the mountain.

   Apart from the discussion about the status of P1, the most discussed is the Saipan system.

   "After watching the press conference, I feel that the Saipan system is probably the key. In the future, Alcatel mobile phones will probably do things on the Saipan system!"

This post was followed by another post, "If Saipan's system is really developed, I think that mobile phones may enter a new era, and even compared to PDA handhelds, I am afraid that the functions will be more powerful. many."

   Immediately after this post, some people began to refute, thinking that the mobile phone's memory is too small, the processor performance is too poor, and it can't support so many functions.

Looking at the noisy forum, Brady has never seen such a scene since he entered the forum, but it can be seen that the appearance of P1 has caused much shock to electronic enthusiasts. .

   "No matter what the P1 is, it is the electronic product I am most looking forward to this year!"

After Brady posted a post on the forum, he went to bed directly, preparing to go to the American Telecom flagship store in San Jose early tomorrow to buy a P1 mobile phone. Although Brady also knew that it was impossible to get it tomorrow, he still Want to start a P1 first.

  There are not a few people on the forum who have the same thoughts as Brady, and there is a lot of noise. The people who may enter this forum are basically electronic enthusiasts, and they will definitely be bleeding a lot tomorrow.

Early in the morning, Brady got up early, washed his face hastily, and then went straight to the flagship store of America Telecom in San Jose. He had not inquired about it yesterday. This time, the P1 mobile phone will be logged in the major mobile phone stores in America. The main sales channels are still the stores of America Telecom, Best Buy, etc., and this time, the stores of America Telecom are fully stocked.

The American Telecom store in New York has more than 40,000 units in stock, and San Jose also has 10,000 units. This is a week of stocking. According to the estimation of Alcatel's mobile phone market department, if it can be completed on time, then this year's Alcatel mobile phone, The P1 that can be sold in the whole year will exceed 5 million units, which seems to be no match for Nokia's 40 million units, but if this sales volume can be achieved, it is already crazy for the Alcatel mobile phone that has just been restructured. !

Brady thought he had come early enough, but what he didn't expect was that when he arrived at the flagship store of America Telecom in San Jose, he found that there were already a dozen people standing in front of the store, waiting for the opening of the America Telecom store. , which made Brady vaguely feel that he seemed to be on the right track. He couldn't say anything if he came later, and he didn't know what would happen.

While Brady was waiting for the America Telecom store to open, Song Yang also came to the industrial park of Alcatel Mobile. At this time, Ertien, as well as a kind of executive and senior engineer of Alcatel Mobile, were already waiting there. There, waiting for the arrival of the P1 sale time.

  Erthien has never been so nervous. As it was almost eight in the morning, the sweat on his forehead started to come out from time to time.

   When the pointer was about to reach eight o'clock, Ertien looked at Song Yang, and Song Yang said directly, "Let's start the sale!"

   (end of this chapter)