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Hier eine Nachricht der letzten Tage, die zunächst sehr positiv für Hartcourt erscheinen mag, aber vieleicht nicht mehr ganz so euphorisch klingt, wenn man denn zweiten Artikel liest. Artikel 1: Die Hartcourt Tochter, UAC Online Stock Trading, ermöglicht nun den Aktienhandel in ganz China für die Palm Pilot Serie (OS) und der Jornada Serie von Hewlett-Packard (Windows CE). UAC wird ein sicheres privates Netzwerk und bei der China Telecom gemietete Verbindungen nutzen um den Datentransfer beim Aktienhandel durchzuführen. Weitere Zugangsarten sind in der Entwicklung. So sollen bald sowohl Set Top Boxen als auch WAP fähige Handys Zugriff auf das Finanzportal sinobull.com haben. Artikel 2: Palm Computer Rivalry Heats Up In China (3/24/2000) The March 21 Zhongguo Jingying Bao (China Business) explored the controversy over standards stirred up by PPC (palm-sized personal computer) manufacturers in an unsuccessful bid to disqualify the better-selling, cheaper personal digital assistants (PDAs) from consideration as palm computers. Despite deflationary price pressures, palm computers emerged as a fast-growing market in Chin last year. Brands such as Management Business Assistant, Wenquxing, Mingren (Celebrity), Legend, Founder and Golden Great Wall became household names almost overnight. As a result of acute competition, two rivaling products emerged as the most popular palm computers: PPC and PDA. Recently, the National Committee on Information Technology Standardization and the Beijing Institute for Product Quality Supervision and Inspection have officially defined "palm computers", enabling products such as Management Business Assistant and Wenquxing – traditionally labeled PDAs – to qualify as palm computers. Dispute Over Standards PDAs are digital devices used for managing personal business, divided into electronic dictionaries and notebooks. Brands in this category include Management Business Assistant, Wenquxing, Kuaiyitong and Mingren, most priced under RMB 3,000 (US$363). PPCs, on the other hand, are software-equipped communications devices. Regarded by many as real personal computers with Internet browsing capabilities, these machines are usually priced over RMB 3,000 (US$363). Surprisingly, PDAs, looked down upon by many people as low-tech, sold more than 400,000 units last year, while PPCs using Windows CE as the operating system sold only 40,000-50,000 units. This touched off a hot debate over which technical standards should be adopted for the industry. In mid-December 1999, the Digital Industry Subcommittee of the Association of Information Technology Industry (3Com Alliance) formed a special committee on palm computers. The first meeting of that committee focused entirely on the formulation of standards for such products. Leading hardware and software manufacturers such as Legend, HiSense, Langchao, Datang, Kingsan, Microsoft and Cassis, as well as systems integrators, vowed to address the research and development of palm computers and standardize related technologies and marketing practices. Essentially, that meeting attempted to establish the dominance of PPCs. However, sales of PPCs continued to be sluggish; on the contrary, non-mainstream products such as the Management Business Assistant, Wenquxing, Kuaiyitong and Mingren took the lead. According to Mr. Zhang, a manager with Jiace Strategic Planning Company, the debate really centers on the key-in operating system, the core of PPCs. Currently, that system is provided primarily by 3Com’s Palm OS and Microsoft’s Win-CE. Although occupying a fraction of the American market, Win-CE has conquered almost 100% of the Chinese market. A dozen manufacturers, including Legend and HiSense, use Win-CE on their palm computers. One industry analyst pointed out that "superiority and inferiority continue to be judged along mainstream or non-mainstream lines, which explains why all Chinese PPC manufacturers with no exception use Win-CE." The National Committee on Information Technology Standardization and the Beijing Institute for Product Quality Supervision and Inspection clarified the definition of PPCs and PDAs. The Committee defined palm computers as devices capable of performing one or all of the following tasks: word processing, simple calculating, and Internet browsing. The Institute offers a similar definition: devices that are compact, light-weight, hand-held, pre-loaded with software and capable of performing word processing and data processing. Win-CE is merely an operating system, and it is incorrect to limit palm computers to those pre-loaded with Win-CE. It looks like the 3Com Alliance Palm Computer Standards Committee lost another battle, the newspaper reported. With Motorola introducing Taichi and Founder and Great Wall introducing Fengxing 2000 and the Xiaoshengtong series, China’s leading PC manufacturer, Legend, announced that it would introduce 30 models of palm computers. Liu Chuanzhi, president of Legend, believes that mobile and hand-held calculating devices will led the next Web-based computing revolution. Legend already regards palm computers as strategic products and plans to upgrade them to one of Legend Group’s five proprietary brands by 2005. However, Legend is not the only contender; Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Compaq and Phillips are also eyeing that market. These competitors form three camps. One is led by IT manufactures such as Legend and HP, which have formed an alliance with Microsoft, use Win-CE and focus on Internet browsing and e-mail capabilities. The second, led by Motorola, attempts to add computer capabilities to telecom products. The third, spearheaded by PDA manufacturers such as Management Business Assistant, emphasizes practicality and user-friendly functions. These products are regarded as alternative palm computers, but so far they are the most successful on the market. Jetzt steht der Thread wieder oben! |
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