Ondrej Holzman Amacala kube yisimiso sosuku emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula. Yiqiniso, sinesithakazelo kakhulu ku-Apple, elwa kanzima ikakhulukazi ne-Samsung. Kodwa-ke, izimbangi nazo zifihliwe kumkhiqizi waseTaiwan i-HTC, engazivikela ngokumelene ne-Apple ngokuthenga isistimu yayo yokusebenza - ngokusobala ihlose ukuthenga i-webOS ku-HP.
Izingxabano ezingokomthetho phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Samsung zaziwa kahle, e-Cupertino sebevele bafinyelela iphuzu lapho umdondoshiya waseNingizimu Korea engakwazi ukuthengisa eminye yemikhiqizo yawo ezifundazweni eziningana. Isikhathi esiningi, inani lamalungelo obunikazi liyaliwa, nakuba amacala ahlanganisa nokubukeka kwangaphandle kwedivayisi.
Kodwa buyela ku-HTC. Okwamanje, idala kuphela i-hardware, ama-smartphones ayo afakwe uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-Android noma i-Windows Phone 7. Nokho, lokhu kungashintsha, ngoba eTaiwan bacabanga ngokuba nesistimu yabo yokusebenza.
USihlalo we-HTC uCher Wang pro Gxila eTaiwan uvumile ukuthi inkampani icubungula ukuthengwa kwe-OS yayo, nokho, ayijahi isivumelwano esingaba khona. U-Wang uqambe ngokunembile ukuthi i-HTC ibheke kakhulu i-webOS, kusukela ekuthuthukisweni kwayo muva nje wehla I-Hewlett-Packard, efuna ukugxila kwezinye izimboni.
“Sesikucabangile futhi saxoxa ngakho, kodwa ngeke senze ngamawala,” U-Wang uthe nge-webOS, i-HP eyathenga ePalm ngo-2010 ngo-$1,2 billion. Umongameli we-HTC uphinde waveza ukuthi amandla enkampani aku-interface yayo yomsebenzisi we-HTC Sense, angenza amafoni abo ahluke emqhudelwaneni.
UWang uphinde waphawula ngokuthengwa kwakamuva kwe-Google kweMotorola Mobility, wathi benze kahle eMountain View ngokusebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-12,5 kuphothifoliyo yelungelo lobunikazi. Futhi akumangalisi, ngoba i-HTC nayo yazuza kulesi sivumelwano. I-Google idlulisele amalungelo obunikazi amaningana kozakwethu baseTaiwan ngoSepthemba 1, futhi lo wakamuva wafaka isikhalazo nge-Apple ngokushesha. I-iPhone kuthiwa yephula amalungelo akhe obunikazi ayisishiyagalolunye.
Uma i-HTC igcina ngokuthenga i-webOS, kuzojabulisa ukubona ukuthi imakethe idlala kanjani. Ukuthi ama-smartphone e-HTC azoqhubeka nokuthwala i-Android ne-Windows Phone 7, noma azoba ne-webOS kuphela. Hhayi-ke, kufanele simangale.
Umthombo: AppleInsider.com
Amalungelo obunikazi i-Google ewadlulisele ku-HTC akuwona lawo ezowathola ngemva kokuqeda ukuthengwa kwe-Motorola ekupheleni konyaka. Wathenga lawo malungelo obunikazi kwa-Motorola kakade ngonyaka odlule.