Izingoma eziyi-1 ephaketheni lakho. Eminyakeni eyishumi nesishiyagalombili edlule, uSteve Jobs wethula i-iPod yokuqala

Namuhla sekuphele iminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili kusukela lowo owayeyi-CEO ye-Apple uSteve Jobs ethula umhlaba nge-iPod yokuqala ngqa. Ngaleso sikhathi, idivayisi encane futhi ehlangene yayifakwe i-hard disk engu-5GB futhi yathembisa ukufaka izinkulungwane zezingoma ephaketheni lomsebenzisi ngokushesha. Uma sicabanga ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi sasiphupha kuphela ngezinsizakalo zokusakaza kanye nama-iPhones, ngokungangabazeki kwakuyisipho esilinga kakhulu.

Njengoba nje i-iPhone kwakungeyona i-smartphone yokuqala emhlabeni, i-iPod kwakungeyona eyokuqala ukugwinya emakethe yesidlali somculo esiphathwayo. Nge-iPod yayo, i-Apple yanquma ukusebenzisa into entsha ngaleso sikhathi - i-hard disk engu-1,8-intshi evela endaweni yokusebenzela kaToshiba. U-Jon Rubinstein uyincomele ku-Steve Jobs futhi wamqinisekisa ukuthi lobu buchwepheshe bulungele isidlali somculo esiphathwayo.

Njengesikhulu esiphezulu se-Apple, uSteve Jobs wanikezwa udumo olukhulu nge-iPod, kodwa empeleni bekuwumzamo ohlangene. Ngaphandle kweRubinstein eshiwo kakade, isibonelo uPhil Schiller, owavela nombono wesondo lokulawula, noma uTony Fadell, owengamele ukuthuthukiswa kwe-hardware, waba nesandla ekudalweni komdlali. Igama elithi "iPod", nalo, livela enhlokweni yomkopishi uVinnie Chiec, futhi kufanele kube ireferensi yomugqa "Vula iminyango yasePod Bay, Hal" (ngesiCzech, evame ukubizwa ngokuthi "Otevři ty dveře, Hal !") kusukela ekuthathweni kwefilimu enoveli ka-2001: A Space Odyssey.

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USteve Jobs wabiza i-iPod ngokuthi idivayisi yedijithali ephumelelayo. “Umculo uyingxenye yempilo yomuntu ngamunye,” esho ngaleso sikhathi. Ekugcineni, i-iPod ngempela yaba hit kakhulu. Ngo-2007, i-Apple yayikwazi ukubiza ama-iPod ayizigidi ezingu-100, futhi umdlali waba umkhiqizo odume kakhulu we-Apple kwaze kwaba yilapho kufika i-iPhone.

Yebo, ngeke usakwazi ukuthola i-iPod yakudala namuhla, kodwa isathengiswa kumaseva endalini. Kwezinye izimo isiphenduke into eyigugu yomqoqi, futhi iphakethe eliphelele ikakhulukazi lithengisa ngesamba esikhulu ngempela. Okuwukuphela kwe-iPod ethengiswa i-Apple namuhla i-iPod touch. Uma kuqhathaniswa ne-iPod yokuqala, inikeza izikhathi ezingaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu umthamo wokugcina. Nakuba i-iPod ingaseyona ingxenye ebalulekile yebhizinisi le-Apple namuhla, ibhalwe ngokungenakucimeka emlandweni wayo.

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