UMikhal Marek I-AuthenTec yinkampani esebenza ngobuchwepheshe bezokuphepha obusekelwe ekuskeneni kwezigxivizo zeminwe. Abamele le nkampani bathe ekupheleni kwenyanga edlule i-AuthenTec ithengwe ngabakwa-Apple. Lesi sinyathelo ngokuqondakalayo sibangela amagagasi amasha okuqagela mayelana nezinhloso ezengeziwe zonjiniyela beCupertino. Ingabe sizowavula amadivaysi ethu ngezigxivizo zeminwe? Luzofika nini lolu hlobo lokuphepha futhi luzothinta miphi imikhiqizo ye-Apple?
Kubikwa ukuthi u-Apple wabonisa isithakazelo kubuchwepheshe be-AuthenTec ngasekupheleni kuka-2011. Ngo-February 2012, ukuqomisana okunzima kwase kuqalile kakade. Ekuqaleni, kwakunezinkulumo eziningi mayelana nokunikezwa kwelayisensi yobuchwepheshe bomuntu ngamunye, kodwa kancane kancane emihlanganweni yezinkampani ezimbili kwakukhulunywa ngokuthenga yonke inkampani. Isimo sashintsha izikhathi eziningana, kodwa ngemva kokuhambisa izinhlinzeko ezimbalwa, i-AuthenTec empeleni yaqhubeka nokutholwa. NgoMeyi 1, i-Apple yanikeza u-$7 isabelo ngasinye, ngoMeyi 8 i-AuthenTec yacela u-$9. Ngemuva kwezingxoxo ezinde phakathi kwe-AuthenTec, Apple, Alston & Bird kanye noPiper Jaffray, isivumelwano senziwa ngobusuku bangoJulayi 26. I-Apple izokhokha u-$8 ngesabelo ngasinye. Le nkampani ixhaswe kahle ngezimali, kepha inani eliphelele lesivumelwano lingama- $ 356 wezigidi futhi ingenye yezinhlanganisela ezinkulu ze-Apple emlandweni wayo weminyaka engama-36.
Ngokusobala, abamele ukuthengisa bakwa-Apple baphuthume yonke into yokutholwa. Babefuna ukufika kubuchwepheshe be-AuthenTec ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka futhi cishe nganoma iyiphi intengo. Kucatshangelwa ukuthi ukufinyelela kwezigxivizo zeminwe sekungalethwa kakade ku-iPhone ne-iPad mini entsha, njengoba izokwethulwa ngoSepthemba 12. Lobu buchwepheshe kuthiwa budlala indima ebalulekile yezokuphepha kuhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Passbook, oluzoba yingxenye ye-iOS 6. Ngenxa yalolu hlelo lokusebenza olusha, ukukhokha ngaphandle kokuthinta kusetshenziswa i-chip kufanele futhi kwenzeke. Ngokusho kochwepheshe, akumele kube yinkinga ukufaka inzwa yezigxivizo zeminwe enogqinsi luka-1,3 mm enkinobho yasekhaya.
Ukuba nenzwa ku-iPad, isibonelo, nokushintsha ama-akhawunti omsebenzisi ngokuyibamba nje esandleni sami... Lokho kungaba kuhle. Noma ngokuthepha isithupha sakho ku-iPhone yakho esikhundleni sokuthayipha iphasiwedi yakho ye-iTunes. Makube njalo :)
Themanwho: inkulumo yami;)