Amaya Toman I-U.S. Patent and Trademark Office yamukele isicelo se-Apple ekuqaleni kwale nyanga sophawu lwentengiso "i-iPod touch," yandisa incazelo ukuze ifake "iyunithi ebanjwa ngesandla yokudlala imidlalo ye-elekthronikhi; ikhonsoli yegeyimu ephathwayo.” Incazelo esanda kushiwo ingase ibonise ukuthi isizukulwane esilandelayo somdlali sizosebenza njengekhonsoli yegeyimu ephathwayo.
Kusukela ngo-2008, i-Apple ibhale igama elithi iPod touch ngaphansi kwelayisensi yamazwe ngamazwe enencazelo elandelayo:
Imishini kagesi yedijithali ephathekayo nephathwa ngesandla ukuze irekhodwe, ihlelwe, idluliswe, isetshenziswe futhi ibukwe umbhalo, idatha, amafayela alalelwayo namavidiyo emishinini yedijithali ephathekayo nephathwa ngesandla.
Njengengxenye yokugunyaza ukucaciswa okusha kophawu lwayo lokuhweba, i-Apple inikeze iziphathimandla ezifanele isithombe-skrini sewebhusayithi yayo. Ibonisa i-iPod touch, ngokuya phansi ekhasini ungabona ukuthi "Gaming" ingxenye. Imicibisholo ebomvu kusithombe-skrini ikhomba amagama athi "iPod touch" kanye "Thenga".
Uma uthi nhlá, lokhu akuyona into eqanjiwe - bekungenzeka ukudlala imidlalo ku-iPod touch kusukela ekuqaleni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Apple kumele ibe nesizathu esithile sokuthi kungani ifuna ukwethula ngokusemthethweni umdlali wayo emkhakheni wama-consoles wegeyimu. Kungase kube isinyathelo esivikelayo maqondana nomncintiswano, kodwa futhi kungenzeka ukuthi inkampani isebenza ngempela ekuthinteni i-iPod yesizukulwane sesikhombisa.
Isicelo sika-Apple sizokwethulwa kwabaphikisayo ngoFebhuwari 19 nonyaka. Uma kungekho ukuphikisa okuvela eceleni, kuzovunyelwa ungakapheli unyaka.
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Isithombe akusona isithombe-skrini sesikrini sokuthinta i-iPod, kodwa isithombe-skrini esivela kusiphequluli sewebhu seSafari sekhompyutha. ? Mhlawumbe othile onolwazi okungenani oluthile angahumusha lezi zihloko. ?