Dianxin at Innovation Works
From CWW.net Reported by Zhao Yu in Sep 2010
On Sep 8th 2010, workers of Innovation Works were decorating their new home, the 18th floor of Disanji building, with their own hands. Lei Zhang, CEO of Dianxin (Dianxin is an Android-based China-focused Operation System) told the reporter from CWW.net that the three priorities of Dianxin are “making a good product, developing fast and flexible R&D framework and finding a sustainable commercial model.” “We take our first step into mobile internet industry from the place called operation system, which is the core of mobile internet products.”
The company that builds Dianxin OS (English name Tapas) is called FengLingChuangJing. It is the first independent operation company that Innovation Works has funded. On the name card of Lei Zhang, it prints “family member of Innovation Works”.
About “Dianxin”
“The name ‘Dianxin’ (cookies) has two meanings. First, we want our OS to be a charming operation system, giving users a feeling that they are eating a delicious cookie when using it. Second, ‘Dianxin‘ also means making people happy in Chinese.” Lei Zhang explained.
When talking about why the company is developing Dianxin OS, Lei said that Dianxin is a product that connects internet apps and smart phones. It will provide awesome user experience to users and new business opportunities to telecom operators.
Kai-Fu Li, Founder and Director of Innovation Works, made comments about Dianxin in a recent press conference of Sharp. Dianxin OS has been pre-installed in the two new products by Sharp, SH8118U and SH8128U. Kai-Fu Li said, “Currently, internet based apps cannot be smoothly planted on mobile phones. Dianxin is trying to solve exactly this problem.”
“Dianxin aims to act as a bridge between Android system and third-party applications, helping developers to develop Android apps and move them to the Android platform more easily. By doing this, Dianxin also offers a holistic solution to using mobile internet that will in turn satisfy the end users to a degree never reached before.” On the 1-year anniversary of Innovation Works, Kai-Fu said, “We have visited Honghai, Mediatek and Zhonghua telecom recently, and learned a lot from them. Learning about the hardware and combining the knowledge with our expertise in internet and software helps us see clearly what we should do in the mobile internet market.”
Before joining Dianxin, Lei Zhang was a core member of the Baidu wireless team, drawing the blueprint for Baidu’s wireless products and technology system. Before becoming a member of Baidu, Lei had eight years of working experience in telecom related jobs with Huawei which he joined in 2000. There are very few talents like Lei who have deep knowledge of both the telecom industry and the internet industry, according to independent analysts.
In the office of Innovation Works, Lei told the reporter from CWW.net that they will work on the details of Dianxin OS to make it a perfect product. Dianxin OS will eventually help mobile phone producers issue new versions of phones faster and make the installation of apps on the phones more easily.