Samsung chairman Lee Kun-hee worried about its software strength urges mergers and acquisitions

C114 Beijing time August 19 Morning News (Zhang Yuehong) google to buy Motorola Mobile or touched the Android camp, such as Samsung Mobile, Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee (Lee Kun-hee) has issued instructions to its management, to improve its own mobile phone platform Bada research and development efforts , speeding up acquisitions to increase their software strength. Although Samsung said in its official statement that Google's acquisition of Motorola would boost the entire Android camp, Mr Lee's move was meant to avoid the potential impact of Samsung's takeover, said Samsung's office director Kim Soon-taek yesterday: "The chairman has told management to take a variety of measures to Including acquisitions to enhance the company's software competitiveness. "Samsung has invested a few years to boost software capabilities, in addition to its own operating system Bada,touchwiz user interface, as well as various applications and content stores." Samsung's mobile-phone advantage is still in the hardware, but Samsung has a number of notable advantages against Motorola compared to other OEMs, such as a cost advantage, some of the key components that control its products, including touch screens, memory, processors, and so on. The quality of the touchscreen is the key difference between smartphones and tablets, and Samsung, with its cutting-edge mobile display technology, is currently developing the Super AMOLED plus display screen technology, a technology that distinguishes Samsung handsets from its rivals. "Samsung must enhance the competitiveness of information technology, ensure more human resources and actively seek mergers and acquisitions," Mr Lee said at the meeting. We must be mindful of the fact that competition in the IT world has shifted from hardware-strong companies to software companies. "Samsung Management has no further comment on Lee Kun-hee's comments, and did not disclose what kind of companies interested in the acquisition, but Mr Lee's statement pointed out that Samsung is very concerned about Google's acquisition intentions, may take measures to protect their own interests."