Chapter 1006: WeChat (Part 1)

After a few years, when others heard Xiao Qi's words, they knew what he was talking about.

And the word "WeChat" appears the most in our lives, which also represents the above five similar voice communication software.

According to Xiao Qi's understanding, the originator of these five voice communication software should be Whatsapp, which was founded in 2009 by Jane Koum, a former Yahoo engineer in charge of operations management.

Then, in the future, Xiaomi Technology, which learned from and copied Qiao Gangzhu, launched the Chinese version of Michat in December 2010.

Immediately afterwards, the very shameless Penguin launched WeChat with almost the same function at the end of January 2011.

Don't feel very angry, and immediately come to accuse "Hua people only copy and copy".

In fact, in 2011, Joe Gang also did a very unkind thing. The iMessage he launched copied whatsapp, and the main functions of the two were almost exactly the same.

As for the sudden emergence of line, it was also launched by a Korean company in the Japanese market. It is also a plagiarism of whatsapp, but it is a little more subtle than the previous ones, and it is a little more innovative, and it is the one with the lowest level of imitation.

Of course, the above facts are only about the past life.

In this life, it is only 2007, and Mr. Koum has not left Yahoo, so there is no voice communication software for this item, that is to say, Xiao Qi has become the person who created it.

Huangfucai is a very smart person, and Xiao Qi's words are easy to understand. She just figured it out for a few minutes before she figured it out.

"This is the same as playing dream pad online games, it needs to be connected to the Internet at any time."

"right!"

"If the network is always connected, besides text messages and voice messages, can I send photos and videos like I do on Weibo?"

"Snapped!"

"Ah~~"

The sharp thinking of the fairy classmate. Let Xiao Qi be overwhelmed.

But at this time there was no "case" to shoot, so the boy's slap hit the beautiful girl's buttocks that were as smooth as silk, making her coquettish.

Xiao Qi deliberately simplified the functions of this voice communication software. In fact, the four major functions of WeChat: SMS, voice, upload and share videos and photos, and shake to find nearby friends. The functions of video and photos are already very talented.

As for the last "shake to find nearby friends", it is a function that is not very up-to-date, and it is not surprising that it is unexpected.

"Little Cai'er. Since you want to understand the meaning, do you think this can be done?" Xiao Qi turned to ask her.

"Of course I will do it~~" Huangfu Cai said, leaning towards Fenzhen, "But this can only be regarded as a kind of app? If it is just software, can it be done well?"

"I'm going to criticize you now!" Xiao Qi coughed lightly, and said righteously: "Doesn't Microsoft just make windows software? They can be the number one in the world. My little fairy's software, why not To be number one in the world? Take a look at our "Exploding Birds", which is just a game. Isn't it able to earn tens of millions of dollars every month?"

"But the greatest significance of the Internet is that it is free to share. On the one hand, you don't charge people for calls and text messages, but only use the mobile traffic of the 3G network; but on the other hand, you charge for the software itself. Then users will be willing to bear this cost Is it?" Huangfu Cai pondered again and raised a question.

My wife is really amazing!

Unknowingly, Xiao Qi admired the fairy wife again.

The contradiction she mentioned is the biggest contradiction among voice communication software in the future.

Whatsapp is a model of resolute charging. In addition to the initial period of free trial, whatsapp charges each customer a total of 0.0 US dollars for three years. The usage fees of this group of users support the operation and profitability of whatsapp. In addition to becoming the highest market share of similar products in the world, it has also allowed its valuation to reach as much as 3 billion US dollars.

Line is also shy and learning to charge, but instead of using the app client to charge, it uses various one-time use emoticons in the store to charge, and can also use a common game mall. There is a fee for selling the virtual goods in it, but the line software itself is free of charge.

The other three, Michat, WeChat and imessage, are free of charge at all, but their fates are different.

Michat is earlier than WeChat and iMessage, but because it does not have a specific software carrier, in the end it was in vain to watch WeChat seize 70% of the instant voice communication market.

iMessage is very popular in foreign countries, spread by iphone users, and even poses a threat to whatsapp, but in China, because it does not have such a strong assimilation rate as q.q, its share is still very low, but it is better than Michat.

In the previous life, because whatsapp did not do a good job in distinguishing patents, these software took advantage of it.

Xiao Qi can't be such an idiot. He has already completed the patent work on the voice communication software. There are 38 patents, ranging from creative patents to technical patents. The preliminary results of the first round of review will be available next year.

Even patents for free communication telephones such as Skype, a special voice telephone, have already fallen into Xiao Qi's clutches.

He doesn't know if this method can stop Penguin's copycat, but one more weapon for self-defense can always make him more sure of victory-or the same sentence, thank Penguin for being listed in Hong Kong, where there is protection for patents It is very strict, as long as Xiao Qi handles this matter seriously, Penguin will not be able to escape the punishment.

What Huangfucai considered was definitely the Huaguo market.

There is no doubt that if whatsapp and WeChat are fighting in China, WeChat will definitely win.

Because Chinese people are too accustomed to using free software, this deep-rooted habit has only changed a little in the past ten years.

The software is good, but if no one uses it because of the fee, it will undoubtedly be a very painful thing. (To be continued..)