Chapter 2478: Transcendence (Part 2)

Because the call was hung up in a hurry, Jobs didn't know what the so-called "multi-card task mode" specifically meant. He could only guess roughly, "task"? Is this a new function for managing running programs on the phone?

At the press conference, Rubin continued to demonstrate this function.

The multi-card task mode is actually simple to say. It is a card scene, that is, when you press the home button, all running applications will automatically become a miniature window.

You can see other programs by gently sliding your fingers left and right, such as browsing web pages, unfinished emails, playing music, etc., and you can enter directly with a light click.

At the same time, you can also drag the cards to change their order while long pressing, such as placing the email application next to the web browser, and swiping up corresponds to the close function...

If a smartphone user sees this a few years later, he will definitely be surprised. What's so surprising about this? This is too common, okay? Whose phone is not like this?

But at this stage, such a function is really unusual.

This is a bit like when mobile phones bigger than bricks are popular, you take out Motorola's classic palm treasure, which will definitely make people gasp in praise.

According to normal development, the solution of multi-tasking management on mobile devices including smartphones with the help of card interface can only be realized by the original Apple in 2010 on the iPhone4 released.

For Android, it will not have such a function until Android 4.0 in 2010.

Feng Yiping naturally doesn't remember this, and he doesn't know what functions the newly released Android has, but he knows that if he wants to leave a deep impression on the many guests present today, he must come up with some hard goods.

It just so happens that he has been using an Android phone, and later these common functions on Android phones were brought up by him. Therefore, although the development of the initial version of Android was completed at the beginning of the year, the Android team has not been idle since then. They have been adding these currently "cool" functions to the most original version according to the wishes of Boss Feng.

Rubin, who was on the stage, received another round of applause and couldn't help but glance at Feng Yiping in the front row.

As a professional, he knew that once Android was released today, it would definitely become the benchmark for operating systems in the field of smartphones and mobile devices. From today on, although the iPhone is still the best smartphone hardware, the best operating system must be Android.

And the reason for this is largely because of Feng Yiping.

Feng Yiping actually proposed some other functions, one of which is very exciting, that is, the gesture function on the edge of the screen.

Although this function is not yet perfect due to time constraints, it has not been integrated into this version of Android, but Rubin believes that the next version, at most the third version of Android, will be able to perfectly realize such a function.

The most direct change brought to smartphones will be to explain that the big home button similar to the current Apple iPhone will no longer be necessary, that is, it can completely eliminate the last physical button on the smartphone.

Naturally, that will bring great new changes to smartphones, the most direct of which is that the screen-to-body ratio can be made larger from now on.

But the delay in the release of new feature versions is not necessarily a bad thing. When everyone is just beginning to transition from feature phones to smartphones, it is not necessarily a good thing to drastically cut off all the physical keys on the phone.

Sometimes, it is better to be too much than too little.

When the applause and cheers died down again, Rubin began to demonstrate the next function, "Let's take a look at Android's notification management..."

Page then whispered in Feng Yiping's ear, "Can you tell me how much credit you have for the popularity of this system?"

Feng Yiping smiled, "I just made some suggestions,"

"We know what kind of suggestions you made," Brin said.

At Google, they already have a deep understanding of such suggestions.

Those are some suggestions that can point out the direction.

Feng Yiping laughed a little rogue.

He knows what his biggest advantage is.

His biggest advantage is that he knows better than anyone else the development and direction of many things in the future.

For example, he knows that Yahoo will be yellow in the future, and the disappearing apps will be popular... He also knows that Murdoch will be green on his head.

Another great advantage he has now is that he has accumulated enough wealth after so many years of hard work.

With this wealth as support, he can find the most suitable people to run some projects and recruit more people to provide support.

Therefore, as long as he is involved in a project, whether it is Google, NEXTDOOR, Coinstar, Netflix, Taobao, Facebook, YouTube, Tesla... or the current Android, it will be better and more perfect than the same period in history.

"A person who knows nothing about programming can always come up with so many excellent suggestions for related products. Such a talent is really enviable," Page said.

They know that in terms of programming, there are many masters, and it is difficult to determine who is the best one.

But when it comes to people who can accurately point out the shortcomings of a product and suggest where improvements and efforts should be made, there is really no one in this world who is better than Feng Yiping.

"Please, can I still write a few lines of programs in basic language," Feng Yiping said.

But he actually felt a little guilty, as if he had almost forgotten everything?

In response, Page and Brin shook their heads with disdain.

In their eyes, Feng Yiping's programming skills are really not even at the kindergarten level, which is equivalent to illiteracy.

At this time, Rubin's introduction successfully caused a wave of climax, "...as long as you bind a Gmail, Exchange, Yahoo, etc. account to an Android device, the information inside will be automatically imported to the phone and All shown together,"

"...When there is a new message, the new message will be turned into a miniature icon and displayed in the top status bar,"

Compared with the current iPhone, when a new message comes, a pop-up window will appear. The miniature icon displayed in the top status bar will obviously be well received by many people, because it is obviously more conducive to ensuring privacy.

Needless to say, this was naturally due to Feng Yiping's suggestion.

Page and others applauded, "Although it remains to be seen whether the next hardware equipped with Android can surpass the iPhone, but if we analyze it only from the perspective of the operating system, Android is undoubtedly much better than the iPhone operating system," Page said.

"I think Apple will be busy again starting tomorrow," Brin laughed. "With Steve Jobs's character, he will definitely not be willing to let the operating system of the next generation iPhone be much worse than the Android version."

"Haha, I'm really looking forward to their performance then,"

He didn't look very promising.

Indeed, sometimes, some seemingly simple functions are not necessarily simple to implement, especially when the next generation iPhone operating system should have been almost developed. If they want to implement these new functions, it may be more difficult than Starting over from scratch is even harder.

"Although the iPhone was the first smartphone released, in terms of operating system, Android is already in the last-come-first-come position. Congratulations, Feng," Page touched Feng Yiping with his shoulder.

"There is still a gap," Feng Yiping said. "We must admit that Apple's pursuit of beauty runs through their entire product development process,"

"Relatively speaking, the Android system is still a bit confusing, and there is still a gap between it and Apple in terms of taste, such as color,"

Page comforted him, "After all, it only took Apple a day or two to develop its own operating system starting from the PC system."

Brin said, "With your calmness, what gap cannot be bridged?"

"What's more, in a big way, it's the iPhone operating system that's catching up with Android, man,"

"That's right, just laugh if you want," Paige also glared with jealousy.

"Hey," Feng Yiping couldn't hold it back and really laughed, but he still covered it with his hand, "Would it be particularly immodest for me to smile like this?"

Lawrence Fink and Edward Johnson didn't have professional commentators around them, so they didn't quite know the level of this press conference, but from the reactions of other people in the audience, it can be inferred that this software seems to be quite good.

It may indeed have the level to cause a major impact on Apple.

However, some professional media people are already preparing for the next report. "Android has surpassed Apple" seems a bit too straightforward. Then, "Android will have a huge promotion effect on Apple" should be a very big deal. Appropriate theme.

The press conference is still in progress, and this conclusion has been spread to more and more people through various communication methods...

ps: Since today’s chapter was updated so early, it seems reasonable to ask for a vote?