Amaya Toman Kuwebhusayithi ye-Jablíčkára, esigabeni soMlando wemikhiqizo ye-Apple, sizokwethula ekuqaleni nokuthuthukiswa kwehardware ye-Apple ngezikhathi ezithile. Esiqeshini sanamuhla, sizokhuluma nge-iPod Classic, eyethulwa okokuqala ngabakwa-Apple ngo-2001.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Isizukulwane sokuqala i-iPod Classic yethulwa ngo-Okthoba 23, 2001. Ngaleso sikhathi, i-Apple yathuthukisa umdlali wayo ngesiqubulo esidumile manje esithi "izingoma eziyi-1000 ephaketheni lakho". I-iPod enombukiso we-LCD we-monochrome kanye nediski engu-5GB yaqala ukudayiswa ngoNovemba walowo nyaka, futhi inani layo lalingu-$399. I-iPod yesizukulwane sokuqala iziqhayise ngobukhulu obuhlangene kahle kanye nenkinobho yokulawula emaphakathi, ethembisa ukusebenza kwamahora ayishumi ngokushajwa okukodwa.
Ngo-March 2002, inguqulo yayo engu-10GB yabona ukukhanya kosuku, okwakubiza amadola ayikhulu kunemodeli yokuqala. NgoJulayi wonyaka ofanayo, i-Apple yethula i-iPod yesizukulwane sesibili, eyayifakwe isondo lokulawula ukuthinta esikhundleni semishini. Okuhlukile okungu-10GB kwe-iPod yesizukulwane sesibili kubiza u-$399, okuhlukile okungu-20GB amadola ayikhulu ngaphezulu, kuyilapho intengo ye-iPod yesizukulwane sokuqala engu-5GB yehliswa yaba ngu-$299 ngaleso sikhathi. NgoZibandlela wezi-2002, i-Apple yethula uhlelo olulinganiselwe lwama-iPod ayo anesiginesha kaMadonna, Tony Hawk noma u-Beck, noma enophawu lwebhendi ethi No Doubt ngemuva.
Igalari yezithombe
Ngemva konyaka, kwethulwa i-iPod yesizukulwane sesithathu, eyahlelwa kabusha ngokuphelele. Ifaka idizayini encane, isixhumi esisha samaphini angu-30, kanye nesondo lokuthinta elilawulayo. Ingaphambili ledivayisi lalinonqenqema oluyindilinga, i-iPod yesizukulwane sesithathu yayitholakala ngezinhlobonhlobo ezingu-10GB, 15GB kanye no-30GB, futhi inikeza ukuhambisana nawo womabili amakhompyutha e-Mac kanye ne-Windows. I-Apple ifake i-iPod yayo yesithathu ngebhethri ye-lithium-ion, eyehlise impilo yebhethri yaba amahora ayisishiyagalombili ngokushajwa okukodwa. NgoSepthemba 2003, imodeli ye-15GB yathathelwa indawo inguqulo engu-20GB kanye nemodeli engu-30GB ngenguqulo engu-40GB. I-iPod yesizukulwane sesine, eyethulwa ngemva konyaka, yaba nezinguquko ngezindlela eziningi. Iboleke isondo lokulawula elithi "chofoza" ku-iPod Mini, futhi i-Apple yanciphisa kancane izesekeli emaphaketheni ayo.
I-iPod yesizukulwane sesine ithole izinguqulo ezimbili ezikhethekile - uhlelo olulinganiselwe lwe-U2 kanye nohlelo lukaHarry Potter. Ekwindla ka-2004, i-iPod Photo yethulwa nesibonisi se-LCD esinokulungiswa kwamaphikseli angu-220 x 176 kanye nokusekelwa kwenani lamafomethi ezithombe. Ibhethri yale-iPod yathembisa ukusebenza kwamahora angu-15 ngeshaji eyodwa, inani lenguqulo engu-40GB lalingu-$499. Entwasahlobo ka-2005, inguqulo engu-40GB yathathelwa indawo okuhlukile okuzacile futhi okushibhile okungu-30GB, kwathi ngo-2005 i-Apple yethula i-iPod yesizukulwane sesi-5 ngesibonisi esingu-2,5” QVGA kanye nesondo lokuchofoza elincane. Futhi bekuyi-iPod yokuqala ukufaka ukudlalwa kwevidiyo. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, uhlelo olulinganiselwe lwe-U2 lubuye ne-iPod yesizukulwane sesihlanu. I-iPod yesizukulwane sesihlanu yabuyekezwa ngoSepthemba 2006, lapho i-Apple yethula isibonisi esikhanya kancane, yandisa isikhathi sokudlala ividiyo, nama-headphone athuthukisiwe. Ngemva konyaka, i-iPod Classic yesizukulwane sesikhombisa yabona ukukhanya kosuku, okwakubonakala ngokwakhiwa okuncane, impilo yebhethri ethuthukisiwe kanye nokunikezwa okuhlukile okungu-160GB.
