Iminyaka eyishumi nantathu. Wayekhanya ekhasini elikhulu isikhathi eside Apple.com uphawu lwe-iPod. Lo mdlali wodumo, wethulwa okokuqala ngqa ngo-2001, usedayise amayunithi angaba yizigidi ezingu-400 ngezinhlobo ezahlukene. Ijika lokuthengisa le-iPod belilokhu lehla kakhulu iminyaka embalwa manje, futhi unyaka nonyaka kulindeleke ukuthi isiphetho sabo esiqondile sifike. 2015 kungaba kalula nje.
Uma uvula i-Apple.com, ngeke usayibona i-iPod kubha ephezulu. Isikhundla sayo esikhethekile sithathwe isevisi entsha yokusakaza umculo, okuyinto kule ndawo ikusasa hhayi le-Apple kuphela, kodwa lemboni yonke yomculo. Lapho-ke lapho upheqa ekhasini elimayelana ne-Apple Music, uzohlangana nama-iPod ekugcineni kwawo.
I-iPod shuffle, i-iPod nano, i-iPod touch kanye nesiqubulo esithi “Umculo owuthandayo. Emgaqweni". Kodwa okuphindwe kathathu ngemva kwalo mbhalo kubonisa inothi lokuthi isevisi entsha yomculo i-Apple Music ngeke itholakale ku-iPod nano noma shova. Ngasikhathi sinye, ama-iPod angabheka kuwo njengendlela yokugcina.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, akumangalisi ukuthi inkathi ekhazimulayo yama-iPods isiphela. Amadivayisi aklanyelwe ngokukhethekile ukulalela umculo ayeke ukuthakasela amakhasimende, wonke umuntu uncamela ukuthenga i-iPhone ngokushesha, lapho inakho - njengoba uSteve Jobs achaza ngo-2007 ngenkathi yethulwa - amadivayisi amathathu kweyodwa, okuhlanganisa nesidlali somculo. Futhi manje i-iPhone ingenza okwengeziwe.
Njengamakhasimende, i-Apple yagcina ilahlekelwe isithakazelo kuma-iPod. Amamodeli amasha okugcina ethulwa cishe eminyakeni emithathu edlule, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi athengiswa kuphela esitokweni, futhi ngokuvamile yi-Apple kuphela eyenza lokho. Awukwazi ukuthola ama-iPod kwenye indawo. Asisabatholi nasemiphumeleni yezezimali yekota yenkampani, ngoba basesikhundleni esiphansi kakhulu uma beqhathaniswa nama-iPhone, ama-iPads noma ama-Mac abangakufanele ngisho nokukhuluma ngawo.
Empeleni, konke kwakulindelekile futhi i-Apple yathatha esinye isinyathelo sokuqinisekisa. Njengoba - noma kubonakala manje - ikusasa lomculo lisekusakazweni futhi ama-iPod ngeke awusekele, ayikho indawo yawo.
Kunjalo, i-iPod shuffle yamanje kanye ne-nano ayikwazanga ukusakaza ngenxa nje yokuthi ayinayo i-inthanethi, kodwa i-Apple ayisaliboni ithemba ngisho nange-iPod touch. I-iPhone eyake yathandwa kakhulu "encishiwe" ngaphandle kokushaya ucingo ayenzi mqondo omkhulu nanamuhla.
Esinye isitembu sokuqinisekisa ekugcineni kwama-iPod singanikezwa Indaba entsha ye-Apple. Ehlobo, zizokwenziwa zibe yisimanjemanje, zincike kancane emhlabeni wokunethezeka nemfashini, ikakhulukazi ngenxa ye-Watch, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi ama-iPod ngeke esayithola indawo yawo emashalofini. Kunzima ukusho ukuthi i-Apple izothengisa nini i-inventory yayo, kodwa i-2015 ingaba lapho ithengisa i-iPod yokugcina.
Ngithenge i-iPod Shuffe ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule. Umngane wayefuna isidlali se-mp3 sokugijima futhi asisebenzi nge-iPhone. Angizange ngiqonde ukuthi kungani isizukulwane sokugcina sine-2GB kuphela, nakuba esandulelayo siphinde safika ngokuhlukile okungu-4GB. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuphelile. Kunoma yikuphi, i-iPod Shuffe ithole amakhasimende ayo ngisho nangalesi sikhathi. Kodwa i-Apple ibona ikusasa ewashini le-Apple, lapho isidlali somculo singangena ngaphandle kwezinkinga. Intengo kuphela ephakeme izikhathi ezingu-10 :-)
Ayikho i-Shuffle generation ene-4gb..
Kodwa wayenakho!
Isizukulwane sesi-3 sasingu-2 no-4gb :)
Uma bekukhona i-iPod nano yesizukulwane sesithupha ngentengo evamile, ngingaba nesithakazelo. U-Apple wamcisha :-(
Angazi lutho olungcono ngokulalela umculo kunokushintsha kwe-iPod kokugijima, ngizamile ezinye izindlela zomdlali we-mp3 ezivela kubakhiqizi abahlukene, kodwa ngagcina ngalo mdlali omncane eminyakeni embalwa edlule ngokukhuthazela okumangalisayo. Namuhla ngineyesithathu ekhaya futhi angikakatholi lutho olungcono. Uma usebenza, i-2Gb yanele ngokwanele. Ngokugijima, ukusakaza umculo kuvamise ukuba yifart, ngoba awukasebenzi phakathi kwebanga le-wifi futhi ngokuvamile awekho ngisho namanethiwekhi eselula asheshayo. Yebo, imikhawulo yethu ye-FUP... ungangezi okuningi kulokho futhi. Futhi abantu abaningi bayagijima futhi bafuna ukushiya i-iPhone yabo etafuleni ekhaya futhi babe nokuthula kwengqondo, futhi bangayidonseli esandleni sabo noma kwenye indawo emvuleni ngenkathi isebenza.
Ngicabanga ukuthi okungenani lawa ma-iPod kufanele ahlale kumenyu. Ngokuqondene ne-iPod touch, ngangihlale ngicabanga ukuthi i-iPod engenamsebenzi kakhulu.
Isiphetho esiwafanele ama-iPod, noma ngabe ukushova kuyilungele imali enhle uma kuqhathaniswa, ikakhulukazi ezemidlalo, kodwa ngisho nasebusika ngingayinamathisela ejazini lami futhi ngishintshe izingoma futhi ngilungise ivolumu ngisho namagilavu avuliwe.
Ngisalindele ukuthi lo nyaka (noma okungenani olandelayo) uzophela kancane i-ipad mini.
ayikho ngaphezu kwe-Classic, ngeke ngithathe isinyathelo ngaphandle kwayo, iyingxenye ethembekile yehadiwe
Anginayo nemitha emotweni :-)
Ngine-Classic 160 GB, isandla sesibili, kodwa esasebenza futhi ngiyesaba kancane uma ihamba. Nginezingoma ezingaphezu kwezinkulungwane eziyishumi kuyo, u-3/4 weqoqo lami le-CD, nokugijima, noma ukuya noma yikuphi ensimini, noma ngaphambi kokulala, akukho lutho olungcono. Ngenxa yokuthi ngifuna ukuba nomculo WAMI nami, engiwuqongelele eminyakeni eminingi futhi ngenxa yalokho nginobudlelwano nawo, akukho ukusakaza bukhoma okungangena esikhundleni salokho. Uma i-Classic kufanele ithengise, cishe ngizothenga entsha, ngethemba, kodwa izohlala kuphothifoliyo isikhashana...
Ngokwazi kwami, abanye abantu basebenzise i-iPod touch ngokujwayelekile njengekhonsoli yomdlalo, ngiyaqonda. Cishe namuhla uphelelwa umoya, ngakho-ke cishe ngeke akwazi ukudlala imidlalo ephambili. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, kwakushibhile kune-iPhone futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo umuntu wayengeke abe nomakhalekhukhwini ;-).
Futhi ngingacabanga nge-iPod nano yokugijima noma ukuya edolobheni. Kodwa-ke, nge-2GB, kungenzeka ukuthi okokusebenza kuphela, noma lokho kugibela izithuthi zomphakathi ezimbalwa, futhi yilapho uwedwa ;-).
Mhlawumbe i-Apple Watch izophumelela ;-). Uma ubanikeza u-2GB wokubhala, iwukungena esikhundleni.