The troubles caused by frequent upgrades of the Android operating system are shifting from smartphones to tablets.
A few days ago, Ap-pcelertor, a U.S. platform and service company, and IDC, a research company, conducted surveys on 2,700 active software developers worldwide, and found that due to the large number of Android platforms and the disappointment of Android tablets in the early days of sales, the developers of Android Interest is decreasing.
Despite being left behind by developers, An-droid system is favored by the manufacturers of the cottage. Based on the Android platform, the cottage flat-panel market has taken off and has brought great pressure to brand manufacturers.
Stability is challenged "The stability of the system is currently the biggest test for Android tablet computers." Zeng Xing, general manager of Patriot's Tablet Division, said to the "Daily Economic News", "For example, Android released 2.0, we are ready, It also has versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc."
Zeng Xing pointed out that the Android system changes too quickly, from the popularity of 2.2, 2.3 devices listed, to the 3.0 release, only a few months before and after, so frequently update the system, easily lead to application or hardware compatibility issues, which for the user, Manufacturers and developers are not a good thing.
Take Motorola XOOM as an example. As the first tablet product to use the Android 3.0 system, XOOM's PF card cannot be used due to the instability of Android 3.0.
For these issues, Google has not found a suitable solution.
"Daily Economic News" learned from the market that chip solutions specifically targeting Android tablet PCs are limited in the market. At present, although Qualcomm, Freescale, Infineon, TI and other international communications chip makers are involved in this area, but the shipment is not large.
The rise of the Shanzhai market is related to the trouble brought by the Android system upgrade. For the hardware manufacturers, the more serious problem is that the Shanzhai market based on the Android platform is rising.
A few years ago, Lianfa Research released a cheap and easy-to-use system-on-a-chip (SOC) to integrate a complex mobile phone system into a simple chip platform, allowing small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers to rapidly launch multi-functional products based on this and attack. market.
After the mobile phone, will the Tablet PC become the next explosive growth point for the Shanzhai Legion? "Daily Economic News" reporter went to Shenzhen Huaqiang North Sunda electronic communications market for field surveys.
On the two floors of the counter in the Sunda electronic communications market, there are nearly one hundred newly introduced cottage computer products. According to the merchants, this market has been operating since September last year. It mainly operated branded mobile phones, netbooks, computer parts, etc., and in the short period of several months, it has been dubbed by the cottage computer.
In shopping malls, most of the shuttles are foreign merchants, foreign trade company personnel, and wholesale and retail merchants from Taobao.com.
Ken, a salesman, told the Daily Economic News that because the current domestic tablet market is not yet mature, the factory's products are mainly sold to Europe, the United States, and some countries in Southeast Asia. Based on the advantages of foreign manufacturers' manufacturing solutions and Android's open source system, the current threshold for cottage computer manufacturing is very low, requiring only an initial investment of several hundred thousand yuan. Compared with brand tablet manufacturers, Shanzhai products are extremely inexpensive.
A Ken revealed to reporters that the accessories used in the cottage products are very different and can be shipped in large quantities, so more and more manufacturers are joining this market. "If you don't make money, so many people won't keep doing it."
According to a survey conducted by the reporter, the cottage plate update speed is extremely fast. Many cottage manufacturers have introduced new products during the May 1st period. Lightweight, multi-functional, and entertainment are the main features of these products. Some of the latest products also incorporate GPRS, 3G Internet, mobile phone calls, digital cameras, electronic dictionaries and other functions.
However, because of the lack of specifications, the quality of cottage products is worrying. A survey by the reporter found that some tablet PCs with a price below 500 yuan can only use the battery for an hour. At the same time, these products still have problems such as poor heat dissipation and no warranty after sale.
In the face of the low price trend of Shanzhai products, Zeng Xing admitted frankly that the Shanzhai products have a certain influence on the brand manufacturers. However, the future brand manufacturers can also achieve low prices by reducing costs on standardized products. In addition, they will also pass the differences. To deal with competition, such as the introduction of financial and other high-end industries.
The industry calls for the short-term Android standard facing the problem is not small, as a tablet computer manufacturers, how to compete with the iPad in an unfavorable situation?
According to a report released by the market research organization Canalys on April 29, in the first quarter of this year, global shipments of tablet PCs reached 6.4 million, of which Apple accounted for 74% of shipments.
Insiders pointed out that for the Android camp's tablet hardware manufacturers, a large number of applications is the key to the competition between Android tablet and Apple.
Data shows that the number of iPad applications has reached 75,700, and there are 21,900 application developers. In contrast, because of the incompatibility of the An-droid platform, channel payment, and other issues, developers of the Android platform face many difficulties such as being difficult to profit.
In fact, in the erosion of An-droid market, Shanzhai products are also pushing down the brand value of the Android platform. Some Shanzhai products only come with popular applications such as QQ, Sina Weibo and angry birds. Due to the low hardware configuration, many 3D games or popular applications have poor user experience or simply cannot run. The "openness, diversity, and socialization" of the Android system is difficult to realize on these products.
A hardware manufacturer who did not want to be named said that the current Android system does not give hardware manufacturers corresponding standards, and Google's handling of this is also very negative. According to him, Google has not participated in all of the domestic conferences on tablet computers at one time.
"Hardware compatibility has become a key factor constraining the development of the Android platform." Zeng Xing believes that Google can still establish certain standards for hardware, such as resolution and CPU, based on the open source of the Android system, which can ease compatibility. Difficulties, in addition to the same as Microsoft, to engage in a standardized Android system certification.
A few days ago, Ap-pcelertor, a U.S. platform and service company, and IDC, a research company, conducted surveys on 2,700 active software developers worldwide, and found that due to the large number of Android platforms and the disappointment of Android tablets in the early days of sales, the developers of Android Interest is decreasing.
Despite being left behind by developers, An-droid system is favored by the manufacturers of the cottage. Based on the Android platform, the cottage flat-panel market has taken off and has brought great pressure to brand manufacturers.
Stability is challenged "The stability of the system is currently the biggest test for Android tablet computers." Zeng Xing, general manager of Patriot's Tablet Division, said to the "Daily Economic News", "For example, Android released 2.0, we are ready, It also has versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, etc."
Zeng Xing pointed out that the Android system changes too quickly, from the popularity of 2.2, 2.3 devices listed, to the 3.0 release, only a few months before and after, so frequently update the system, easily lead to application or hardware compatibility issues, which for the user, Manufacturers and developers are not a good thing.
Take Motorola XOOM as an example. As the first tablet product to use the Android 3.0 system, XOOM's PF card cannot be used due to the instability of Android 3.0.
For these issues, Google has not found a suitable solution.
"Daily Economic News" learned from the market that chip solutions specifically targeting Android tablet PCs are limited in the market. At present, although Qualcomm, Freescale, Infineon, TI and other international communications chip makers are involved in this area, but the shipment is not large.
The rise of the Shanzhai market is related to the trouble brought by the Android system upgrade. For the hardware manufacturers, the more serious problem is that the Shanzhai market based on the Android platform is rising.
A few years ago, Lianfa Research released a cheap and easy-to-use system-on-a-chip (SOC) to integrate a complex mobile phone system into a simple chip platform, allowing small and medium-sized mobile phone manufacturers to rapidly launch multi-functional products based on this and attack. market.
After the mobile phone, will the Tablet PC become the next explosive growth point for the Shanzhai Legion? "Daily Economic News" reporter went to Shenzhen Huaqiang North Sunda electronic communications market for field surveys.
On the two floors of the counter in the Sunda electronic communications market, there are nearly one hundred newly introduced cottage computer products. According to the merchants, this market has been operating since September last year. It mainly operated branded mobile phones, netbooks, computer parts, etc., and in the short period of several months, it has been dubbed by the cottage computer.
In shopping malls, most of the shuttles are foreign merchants, foreign trade company personnel, and wholesale and retail merchants from Taobao.com.
Ken, a salesman, told the Daily Economic News that because the current domestic tablet market is not yet mature, the factory's products are mainly sold to Europe, the United States, and some countries in Southeast Asia. Based on the advantages of foreign manufacturers' manufacturing solutions and Android's open source system, the current threshold for cottage computer manufacturing is very low, requiring only an initial investment of several hundred thousand yuan. Compared with brand tablet manufacturers, Shanzhai products are extremely inexpensive.
A Ken revealed to reporters that the accessories used in the cottage products are very different and can be shipped in large quantities, so more and more manufacturers are joining this market. "If you don't make money, so many people won't keep doing it."
According to a survey conducted by the reporter, the cottage plate update speed is extremely fast. Many cottage manufacturers have introduced new products during the May 1st period. Lightweight, multi-functional, and entertainment are the main features of these products. Some of the latest products also incorporate GPRS, 3G Internet, mobile phone calls, digital cameras, electronic dictionaries and other functions.
However, because of the lack of specifications, the quality of cottage products is worrying. A survey by the reporter found that some tablet PCs with a price below 500 yuan can only use the battery for an hour. At the same time, these products still have problems such as poor heat dissipation and no warranty after sale.
In the face of the low price trend of Shanzhai products, Zeng Xing admitted frankly that the Shanzhai products have a certain influence on the brand manufacturers. However, the future brand manufacturers can also achieve low prices by reducing costs on standardized products. In addition, they will also pass the differences. To deal with competition, such as the introduction of financial and other high-end industries.
The industry calls for the short-term Android standard facing the problem is not small, as a tablet computer manufacturers, how to compete with the iPad in an unfavorable situation?
According to a report released by the market research organization Canalys on April 29, in the first quarter of this year, global shipments of tablet PCs reached 6.4 million, of which Apple accounted for 74% of shipments.
Insiders pointed out that for the Android camp's tablet hardware manufacturers, a large number of applications is the key to the competition between Android tablet and Apple.
Data shows that the number of iPad applications has reached 75,700, and there are 21,900 application developers. In contrast, because of the incompatibility of the An-droid platform, channel payment, and other issues, developers of the Android platform face many difficulties such as being difficult to profit.
In fact, in the erosion of An-droid market, Shanzhai products are also pushing down the brand value of the Android platform. Some Shanzhai products only come with popular applications such as QQ, Sina Weibo and angry birds. Due to the low hardware configuration, many 3D games or popular applications have poor user experience or simply cannot run. The "openness, diversity, and socialization" of the Android system is difficult to realize on these products.
A hardware manufacturer who did not want to be named said that the current Android system does not give hardware manufacturers corresponding standards, and Google's handling of this is also very negative. According to him, Google has not participated in all of the domestic conferences on tablet computers at one time.
"Hardware compatibility has become a key factor constraining the development of the Android platform." Zeng Xing believes that Google can still establish certain standards for hardware, such as resolution and CPU, based on the open source of the Android system, which can ease compatibility. Difficulties, in addition to the same as Microsoft, to engage in a standardized Android system certification.
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