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According to foreign media reports, from Google acquisition MOTOROLA mobile department, and HP will split PC department, stop WebOS devices two major strategy announced to see, science and technology industry for market changes, from pure hardware, software and hardware and software integration services transformation of business model. This week to science and technology industry development is undoubtedly a turning point, first is Google announced $12.5 billion acquisition of MOTOROLA mobile department, enormous amounts of patent, technology, to protect the Android camp patent litigation against other manufacturers. Google from pure Internet service, software technology integration service mode in development.

HP is in today announced plans to split PC department, terminate the WebOS equipment development, and purchase Autonomy and focus on the enterprise software and service.

Gartner vice President and business plans, research director Mark McDonald said Google and hewlett-packard has strategy development this week, is suggests that the technology industry to change course. Google and apple and HP are chasing a previous strategy development IBM, apple success to tight/loose integration software and hardware and services of the strategy, the way to close control hardware, and relatively loose management software, stimulate the successful experience service users. HP is IBM’s mode to development and focus on the enterprise software and service provision.

Mark pointed out that science and technology industry are on two direction, a direction is representative of consumers (such as apple, Google, Facebook), another direction is enterprise (such as IBM, HP, Linkedln).

Sarah Rotman Epps Forrest analysts, says that HP strategy transformation in addition to reflect investors don’t want low margin PC business drag the enterprise service career high margin, also represents the PC era after the market transition, apple has found the high way of hardware profit, HP’s PC bottlenecks need new business strategy.

In fact, HP is the largest PC manufacturers, according to Gartner second season worldwide PC market reports, HP to 14.88 million PC shipment, dell’s 10.62 million units and leading lenovo’s 10.22 million units, but faced with apple iPad tablet computer agitation driven attack, especially in mobile PC market affected the deepest, DisplaySearch newest research points out, the second quarter apple mobile PC (including notebook and tablet, shipment of 13.6 million Taiwan, has surpassed HP to become the world’s biggest mobile PC manufacturers.

IDC agree that HP following IBM PC department previously sold the strategy, plan for hewlett-packard PC department, termination WebOS split equipment development, may for the PC and mobile equipment market effect.

One PC market because HP still is the biggest manufacturer, hewlett-packard PC departments are still split there is uncertainty, especially to the enterprise users, need to see clear product blueprint, and need stable support services, IDC think HP should be despite deciding how to carry out, avoid loss of customers, but the future PSG if sell, intention and expand the market’s samsung, lenovo is possible buyers, will let PC market to shuffle.

In addition, IDC also points out that, although HP WebOS stop equipment development, WebOS software may adopt the mode of future authorized, just Google announced this week will purchase MOTOROLA mobile departments, such as Samsung, Android camp supporters HTC, Sony Ericsson may seek alternatives to mobile platform for WebOS increase the possibility of authorized.

According to relevant media reports, Google and samsung in 10 o ‘clock this morning held a news conference in Hong Kong, issued a formal code for “ice cream sandwich” Google a new generation of Android 4.0 system and samsung GALAXY Nexus smart phones. This is the 2008 Android system since released one of the biggest upgrade.

It is reported, Google and samsung original plan on 11 October at the San Diego (San Diego) at the American wireless communication exhibition (CTIA) release on Android 4.0 system and GALAXY Nexus smart phones, but because before apple CEO Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) October 6, sudden death, the industry is in mourning Jobs, so Google and samsung delay of the conference.

The release of the samsung GALAXY Nexus inherited Nexus S arc design, but the difference is not equipped with any of the fuselage and physical buttons, the 8.8.4 mm thickness, weight of 135 grams. Positive GALAXY Nexus used 4.65 inch HD Super AMOLED screen, to 1280 x720 resolution. Hardware the 1.2 GHz dual-core processor carrying, complementary with 1 GB RAM + 16/32 GB ROM memory combination, strong performance. In addition the machine support LTE network, and have NFC, WiFi, bluetooth 3.0, and other functions. Carrying on the back 5 million pixels camera, equipped with LED flash, zero delay shutter and fast Shot2Shot function. The machine configuration of the luxury will become the most recent Android products flagship product.

Google a new generation of Android 4.0 system has a new design of the UI, simplified interface, the running speed of the ability to ascend. The new system built-in wallpaper, the cell phone use the touch of the button will appear luminous effect, and increases the speech input, face recognition, photo editor, flow monitoring, Android Beam function.

Another samsung GALAXY Nexus will pick up the latest Android4.0 IceCream Sanwich operating system, the new system will be combined with Honeycomb tablet computer and the characteristics of both smart phone Gingerbread. Not only speed gets greatly ascend, and can support intelligent mobile phones, tablet computer, TV and other equipment, a current version for the Android market chaos to provide a new direction, therefore this conference got quite a few Android manufacturers, and users’ attention.

The latest news from the foreign media display, Intel chief executive Paul otellini recently in dell world congress, said about consumption level users and enterprise users Ultrabook for this, in fact, have fully covered ultra-thin, and the development of the PC while past time started to slow growth, but the market is still very capacity of the great, this is still a full of opportunity of the market.

Otellini said, Intel for PC market attention and enthusiasm is huge, and the future for a long time Intel will be very focused on PC market product design and development. Intel in the first half of this year announced a new generation of Ultrabook ultra-thin laptop computer, this new type of laptop touch screen control and have frivolous spending of the design, but the price of the early Ultrabook ultra-thin in more than $1000 on its and not let analysis is very good.

In order to reduce the price of the Ultrabook ultra-thin Intel in August announced a plan, according to the plan of Intel will start with a $300 million fund to help Ultrabook ultra-thin this hard disk, touch screen and manufacturers to reduce cost. Intel said Ultrabook current price is on the high side, and this has a $300 million fund will let Ultrabook price cheaper, and users will see Ultrabook will soon have a more cordial prices.

Another otellini said the development of Ultrabook next year with the operating system Microsoft Windows 8 there is the important relationship in Microsoft Windows 8 operating system Ultrabook Intel will bring users better application experience.