Tim Cook is ready for China
Summary
Apple is strategically prioritizing the vast, unsaturated Chinese market for iOS devices, a significant shift given the saturation in North America. iOS 6 reflects this focus by introducing several key features tailored for Chinese users, such as improved text input with Pinyin mixing, extensive handwriting recognition supporting over 30,000 characters, and direct integration with local services like Baidu, Youku, Tudou, and Sina Weibo. This strategy provides Apple a distinct advantage over competitors like Google, Facebook, and Twitter, as its offerings primarily involve software and services that do not conflict with Chinese government content regulations. Consequently, Apple is well-positioned to challenge Google's market presence in China, signaling an intensified global rivalry.
The new features added to iOS6 for supporting Chinese are : With improved text input and built-in support for popular Chinese Internet services, iOS 6 makes iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch even better for Chinese-speaking users. With a new Chinese dictionary and improved text input, typing in Chinese is easier, faster, and more accurate. You can mix full and abbreviated Pinyin and even type English words in a Pinyin sentence without switching keyboards. With support for over 30,000 characters, iOS 6 more than doubles the number of Chinese characters supported in handwriting recognition. And when you add words to your personal dictionary, iCloud makes them available on all your devices. Baidu is a built-in option in Safari, and you can share videos directly to Youku and Tudou. You can also post to Sina Weibo from Camera, Photos, Maps, Safari, and Game Center.
In contrast, some IT giants such as Google, Facebook and Twitter still cannot fully adapt to Chinese's requirements. Apple has obvious advantages over these companies because what Apple provides will not threaten the Chinese government, they just provide software and services, not uncensored sensitive contents to Chinese, so the Chinese government has no reason to stop Apple.
Tim Cook can beat Google in China, here Google has many competitors, while these competitors are willing to cooperate with Apple, many Chinese users and developers are also happy to see that Apple get into Chinese market. Apple is ready for entering China.
The war between Apple and Google is truly on. Apple says goodbye to Google.
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