The next two days.
The 'Epoch' remained hot.
Especially in Western Countries.
Extensive discussions had formed just as Apple announced the suspension of the sales of their first-generation mobile phone and accelerated the R&D of the second-generation, ERV decided to release their smartphone in three months.
When journalists asked about the progress,
ERV gave out fifty percent.
This news
made Apple a bit uncomfortable.
What could this powerful and mysterious competitor possibly come up with? Now Apple's second-generation phone couldn't possibly be much stronger than 'Epoch,' and if ERV aimed at 'Epoch' as well,
Apple
would face brutal market competition.
How brutal?
Steve Jobs couldn't yet provide an answer.
But certainly, it would be a very uncomfortable thing.
And the release of 'Epoch'
represented not just the era of smartphones,
but also the ignition of the Mobile Internet wave.