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Imakethe eshintshashintshashintshayo ibe nethonya elikhulu kuma-electronics abathengi - singcwabe ama-netbook, ama-walkman, ama-handholds nawo ayancipha futhi ama-PDA ayinkumbulo ekude. Mhlawumbe kuzothatha iminyaka embalwa futhi esinye isigaba somkhiqizo sizokwehla - abadlali bomculo. Asikho inkomba ephathekayo okwamanje, kodwa ngokushesha noma kamuva sabona ukuphela kwama-iPod, umkhiqizo osize ukunikeza i-Apple ukuqasha okwesibili empilweni.

U-Apple usengumholi emkhakheni wabadlali bomculo, ama-iPod asephethe isabelo semakethe esingaba ngu-70%. Kepha le makethe iya iba mncane futhi i-Apple nayo iyazizwa. Ithengisa ama-iPod ambalwa nambalwa njalo ngonyaka, ngamadivayisi angaphansi kwezigidi ezingu-3,5 kwikota yokugcina, ukwehla ngo-35% kusukela ngonyaka odlule. Futhi lo mkhuba cishe uzoqhubeka, futhi kungekudala le ngxenye yemakethe ye-electronics izoyeka ukuthakazelisa ku-Apple. Phela, engxenyeni yokugcina, ama-iPod abalele kuphela amaphesenti amabili okuthengiswa okuphelele.

Noma kunjalo, i-Apple inikeza ukukhethwa okukhulu kwabadlali, amamodeli amane esewonke. Nokho, ababili babo abakaze bathole noma yiziphi izibuyekezo isikhathi eside. I-iPod Classic yokugcina yethulwa ngo-2009, i-iPod shuffle ngemva konyaka. Phela nginawo womabili amamodeli wabikezela ukuphela eminyakeni emibili edlule. Ngeke kumangaze, i-Classic ingakwazi ukufaka esikhundleni se-iPod touch kalula ngomthamo ophakeme, futhi ishova i-nano encane, uma i-Apple ibuyela ekwakhiweni okufanayo kwesizukulwane sesi-6. Amanye amamodeli amabili awawona amahle kakhulu. U-Apple uzivuselela njalo, kodwa kanye kuphela eminyakeni emibili.

Kuyacaca ukuthi abadlali bomculo baxosha omakhalekhukhwini futhi amadivaysi enhloso eyodwa anokusetshenziswa okulinganiselwe kuphela, isibonelo kubasubathi, kodwa kuya ngokuya kwenzeka ukubona, ngokwesibonelo, abagijimi abane-iPhone eboshelwe engalweni yabo besebenzisa ibhande lengalo. Mina ngokwami ​​ngiphethe i-iPod nano yesizukulwane sesi-6, engingayivumeli, kodwa futhi ngiyisebenzisela ezemidlalo kuphela, noma ngokujwayelekile emisebenzini lapho iselula iwumthwalo kimi. Bengingeke ngithenge imodeli entsha noma kunjalo.

Kodwa-ke, inkinga yabadlali bomculo akukona nje kuphela ukudliwa kwabantu ngeselula, kodwa nendlela esilalela ngayo umculo namuhla. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, saba nenguquko efomini yedijithali. Amakhasethi kanye "nama-CD" aphelile, amafayela e-MP3 kanye ne-AAC aqoshwe endaweni yokugcina yomdlali ayedlangile emculweni. Namuhla sibhekene nesinye isinyathelo sokuziphendukela kwemvelo - esikhundleni sokuba umnikazi kanye nokurekhoda umculo kubadlali, siwusakaza kusukela ku-inthanethi ngemali ephansi, kodwa siyakwazi ukufinyelela umtapo wolwazi omkhulu kakhulu. Izinsizakalo ezifana ne-Rdio noma i-Spotify ziyakhula, futhi kukhona, isibonelo, i-iTunes Radio noma i-Google Play Music. Ngisho no-Apple, owaguqula ukusatshalaliswa komculo, waqonda ukuthi imboni yomculo iphokophelephi. Kungaba yini ukusetshenziswa kwezidlali zomculo namuhla ngomculo ogcinwe ngaphakathi odinga ukuvumelanisa ngaso sonke isikhathi? Namuhla esikhathini samafu?

Manje-ke i-Apple izokwenzani ngomkhiqizo okhula kancane ongathandwa naphezu kokuthi usabusa imakethe yabadlali? Azikho izinketho eziningi kakhulu lapha. Okokuqala nje, cishe kuyoba ukuncishiswa okukhulunywe ngakho ngenhla. I-Apple cishe ngeke ivele isuse i-iPod touch, ngoba akuyena nje umdlali, kodwa idivayisi ye-iOS egcwele kanye nehhashi le-Apple leThrojani emakethe ephathwayo. Ngezilawuli zegeyimu ezintsha ze-iOS 7, ukuthinta kwenza umqondo owengeziwe.

Inketho yesibili ukuguqula umdlali enze into entsha. Kufanele kube yini? I-smartwatch esicatshangwa isikhathi eside siyikhandidethi elifanelekile. Okokuqala, i-iPod yesizukulwane sesi-6 isivele yasebenza njengewashi futhi yashintshwa ngenxa yokudayela kwesikrini esigcwele. Ukuze iwashi elihlakaniphile liphumelele, kufanele likwazi ukwenza okwanele ngokwalo, linganciki ngo-XNUMX% ekuxhumekeni ne-iPhone. Isidlali somculo esididiyelwe singaba isici esinjalo esizimele.

Kusazoba usizo olukhulu kubasubathi abebevele baxhume ama-headphone ewashini labo bese belalela umculo ngenkathi bezivocavoca. I-Apple kuzodingeka ixazulule uxhumano lwe-headphone ukuze iwashi elinesixhumi lingangeni manzi (okungenani emvuleni) nokuthi i-jack 3,5 mm ayikhulisi izilinganiso kakhulu, kodwa lokhu akuyona inkinga engenakunqotshwa. Ngasikhathi sinye, i-iWatch izothola isici okungekho enye i-smartwatch engaziqhayisa. Uma kuhlanganiswe, isibonelo, i-pedometer nezinye izinzwa ze-biometric, iwashi lingase libe yinto ethandwayo.

Phela uSteve Jobs wagcizelelani ngesikhathi ethula i-iPhone? Inhlanganisela yamadivayisi amathathu - ifoni, isidlali somculo nedivayisi ye-inthanethi - kokukodwa. Lapha, i-Apple ingahlanganisa i-iPod, i-tracker yezemidlalo, futhi yengeze ukuxhumana okuyingqayizivele nefoni okungenzeka ixhunyiwe.

Nakuba lesi sixazululo singeke sihlehlise isiphetho esingenakugwenywa sama-iPod, ngeke sishabalale amathuba abantu abasawasebenzisela namuhla. Ikusasa lama-iPod livaliwe, kodwa ifa lawo lingaphila kulo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi liku-iPhone, i-iPod touch eyodwa, noma iwashi elihlakaniphile.

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