Saqala ukuthuthukisa i-iPad ngisho nangaphambi kwe-iPhone yokuqala, sikhumbula uPhil Schiller wakwa-Apple

I-iPad ngokungangabazeki iyithuluzi elibalulekile neliphumelelayo ngezindlela eziningi, futhi akumangalisi ukuthi isizukulwane sayo sokuqala sabekwa ohlwini lwephephabhuku i-Time njengenye yemikhiqizo yezobuchwepheshe ebaluleke kakhulu nenamandla kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. Idayari iphinde yanquma ukwenza imephu yeminyaka eyishumi edlule mayelana nobuchwepheshe I-New York Times, eyayinengxoxo nesikhulu esiphezulu sezentengiso se-Apple, u-Phil Schiller, mayelana nezinsuku zokuqala ze-iPad.

Ngokuka-Schiller, esinye sezizathu ezenza i-iPad ize emhlabeni umzamo we-Apple wokuletha umshini wekhompyutha ongangena ngaphansi kwamadola angamakhulu amahlanu. USteve Jobs, owayehola i-Apple ngaleso sikhathi, wathi ukuze kuzuzwe inani elinjalo, kwakudingeka "ngobudlova" ukuqeda izinto eziningi. I-Apple isuse ikhibhodi kanye nomklamo "wekhompuyutha ephathekayo". Ngakho-ke ithimba eliphethe ukuthuthukisa i-iPad kwadingeka lisebenze ngobuchwepheshe be-multi-touch, obuye baqala ukuvela ngo-2007 nge-iPhone.

Engxoxweni, u-Schiller ukhumbula indlela u-Bas Ording abonise ngayo lonke iqembu ukunyakaza kweminwe esikrinini, okuqukethwe kwakho konke okwehla naphezulu ngendlela engokoqobo. "Kwakungesinye salezo zikhathi 'zesihogo'," kusho uSchiller engxoxweni.

Umsuka wokuthuthukiswa kwe-iPad usukela kudala ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwayo, kodwa yonke inqubo yamiswa okwesikhashana ngoba i-Apple yabeka phambili i-iPhone. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwesizukulwane sesibili se-iPhone, inkampani ye-Cupertino ibuyele emsebenzini ku-iPad yayo. "Lapho sibuyela ku-iPad, bekulula ngempela ukucabanga ukuthi yini okudingeka siyibolekwe ku-iPhone nokuthi yini okudingeka siyenze ngendlela ehlukile." kusho uSchiller.

UWalt Mossberg, owayengumbhali wengosi yeThe Wall Street Journal owayesebenzelana nobuchwepheshe futhi wasebenza eduze kakhulu noSteve Jobs, unokuthile angakusho mayelana nokuthuthukiswa kwe-iPad. Umsebenzi wabe esemema uMossberg emzini wakhe ukuze ambonise i-iPad entsha ngaphambi kokuba ikhishwe. Ithebhulethi yamhlaba umxhwele ngempela uMossberg, ikakhulukazi ngomklamo wayo omncane. Lapho ibukisa, Imisebenzi yayicophelele kakhulu ukukhombisa ukuthi kwakungeyona nje "i-iPhone ekhulisiwe". Kodwa ingxenye eyayihlaba umxhwele kakhulu kwakuyinani. Lapho Imisebenzi ibuza ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi i-iPad ingabiza malini, uMossberg waqala ukuqagela u-$999. “Wamamatheka wathi: “Uma ucabanga kanjalo ngempela, uzomangala. Kuncane kakhulu,” kukhumbula uMossberg.

Umthombo: Amahemuhemu we-Mac