Sekuyiminyaka eminingi manje, i-Apple TV ilinde isizukulwane sayo esilandelayo, esizoletha izinguquko ezidingeka kakhulu futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ezilindelekile zebhokisi elincane le-set-top box, i-Apple eyake yabhekisela kulo kuphela ngokuthi "ukuzijabulisa". Kuze kube manje, bekubukeka sengathi sizokubona engqungqutheleni yonjiniyela ye-WWDC yangesonto elizayo, kodwa inkampani yaseCalifornia kuthiwa isishintshe izinhlelo ekugcineni.
"Kuze kube maphakathi noMeyi, u-Apple ubehlele ukwethula i-Apple TV entsha enkulumweni eyinhloko e-WWDC (...), kodwa lezo zinhlelo zibambezelekile ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi umkhiqizo awukakalungeli ngokwanele," wabhala ecaphuna imithombo emibili ngaphakathi kwe-Apple Brian Chen pro I-New York Times.
U-Apple uye wenqaba ngokuqondakalayo ukuphawula ngalokhu kuqagela, kodwa kubonakala sengathi ngisho nangoJuni ngeke sibone i-Apple TV entsha, okwakufanele ifike ngokusekelwa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza zezinkampani zangaphandle, umsizi we-Siri noma isilawuli esisha.
Abaphathi be-Apple banqume ukuhlehlisa ukwethulwa kwesizukulwane sesine sebhokisi le-set-top ye-Apple, ngoba ayikalungi. Inkinga ngokuyinhloko okuqukethwe. I-Apple ibifuna ukunikeza insizakalo entsha yokusakaza ku-inthanethi, lapho izonikeza abasebenzisi amaphakheji amancane eziteshi ze-TV ezithakazelisayo ngamanani aphansi, kodwa kuze kube manje ayikwazanga ukuhlela yonke into.
Abahlinzeki bokuqukethwe kuthiwa abakwazi ukuvumelana nezintengo, amalungelo kanye nezixazululo zobuchwepheshe ne-Apple. Ngakho-ke kuzobaluleka ukuthi lezi zingxoxo ziqhubeke kanjani, kodwa i-Apple TV entsha cishe ngeke ifike kuze kube ngemva kwamaholide, ngaphandle uma u-Tim Cook ememezela inkulumo eyisihluthulelo engajwayelekile ehlobo.
umbiko I-New York Times Nokho, ukuqinisekisile ngenye indlela ukuthi, ngaphandle kwe-Apple TV, sizoyibona ngempela ngoMsombuluko ukuthuthukiswa kwe-iOS ne-OS X, okufanele ikakhulukazi ithinte ukuzinza, isevisi entsha yokusakaza umculo, kanye nezinhlelo zokusebenza ezihlakaniphile ze-Watch.
Umthombo: NYT
Photo: Robert S. Donovan
Ngemuva kokulinda isikhathi eside, akunandaba ukuthi manje noma izinyanga ezimbili kamuva ngama-iPhones…
Ngibheke ngabomvu ukukubonisa ifonti entsha yakho kokubili i-OS X ne-iOS. Ngethemba ukuthi kuzoba okwawo wonke umuntu. Isevisi entsha ye-TV izoba ngeye-USA kuphela.
Nkulunkulu, ngokwazi kwami, ababonisi i-TV! alle I-Settopbox apple tv (4) izoba...ingabe ukhona ofunde i-wsj.com kanye namazwana aleso sihloko?
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*Ngiyabona