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NgoLwesithathu oluzayo izokwethulwa ngabakwa-Apple ama-iPhones amasha, kodwa eduze kwawo kuyeza okungenani umkhiqizo owodwa ongemnandi kangako. Ukuthuthukiswa okulindelekile kuzonikezwa i-Apple TV, okufanele iphenduke ibe isiteji esigcwele futhi nakanjani ilahlekelwe igama lesidlaliso elithi "hobby".

Ulwazi mayelana nokuthi i-Apple TV yesizukulwane sesine izobukeka kanjani luvele kancane kancane ezinyangeni ezedlule. Kodwa baletha izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kwenkulumo eyisihluthulelo kaSepthemba Mark UGurman z 9 ku5Mac a UMathewu panzarino z I-TechCrunch ulwazi olunzulu kakhulu noluningiliziwe okwamanje ebhokisini elisha le-set-top.

Isithombe se-Apple TV esiboniswe ngezansi singase singafani ne-9% nalokho u-Apple azokwembula ngoLwesithathu oluzayo, Septhemba XNUMX, kodwa bobabili abashiwo ngenhla baqinisekisile esikhathini esidlule ukuthi imithombo yabo mayelana nemikhiqizo ezayo ye-Apple inembe kakhulu.

Umsebenzi wokuzilibazisa usuphelile nakanjani

Ukubonakala kwe-Apple TV entsha ngeke kuhluke kakhulu esizukulwaneni sesithathu samanje, nakuba kuzoba nezinguquko zezimonyo, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu kuzokwenzeka ngaphakathi - ibhokisi le-apula set-top lizoba isiteji esigcwele ngemuva. iminyaka yohlobo lokuthinta phakathi komkhiqizo wangempela kanye nesesekeli , lapho i-Apple ihlela ukubusa amakamelo okuhlala.

Isihluthulelo sayo yonke into izoba Isitolo Sohlelo Lokusebenza esivulekele abathuthukisi bezinkampani zangaphandle, futhi ngaleyo ndlela kube ukusakazwa okungapheli kwezinhlelo zokusebenza nemidlalo yazo zonke izinhlobo, njengoba sesijwayele iminyaka kusukela kuma-iPhones, ama-iPads nama-Mac. Kuze kube manje, i-Apple TV ibilokhu ingaphansi kwesithupha somkhiqizi wayo kuphela, kodwa ngaphandle kokubandakanyeka kwamanye amaqembu, isizukulwane esisha besingeke sibe nethuba lokuphumelela.

Ukuvulwa kwe-App Store kuxhumene nokufakwa kwe-Apple TV entsha nge-A8 processor, esiyazi futhi kumadivayisi e-iOS. Emklamo owumgogodla we-dual-core, uzoqinisekisa ukukhula okuyisisekelo kokusebenza uma kuqhathaniswa nesizukulwane samanje, okufanele sibe phezulu kakhulu kunama-iPhones noma ama-iPads, ngenxa yokuthi i-Apple TV ayinawo amandla ebhethri, kodwa ixhunywe njalo. kunethiwekhi. Umphumela uba, vele, ukuqhutshwa kwemidlalo enzima kakhulu.

Ku-Apple, imidlalo kuthiwa iyingxenye eyinhloko ye-Apple TV entsha, futhi kuthiwa ukuhlasela kwangempela kwangempela kuma-consoles wendabuko, njengoba ingathanda ukudonsa abadlali be-Xboxes noma i-PlayStations. Ngaphezu kokulawula eminye imidlalo ngesilawuli esiyisisekelo, esizophinde sishintshe esizukulwaneni sesine, ibhokisi elisha le-Apple set-top lizophinde lisekele izilawuli ze-Bluetooth eziyinkimbinkimbi, ezingeke zintule izinkinobho ezizwela ukuthinta noma izinduku zokudlala zakudala, ezizoqinisekisa isipiliyoni sokudlala esingcono kakhulu.

Thinta nokulawula izwi

Isilawuli esisha silungele imidlalo elula nokunye ukulawula kwe-Apple TV entsha. Kufanele ibe nkulu kancane futhi ibe mkhulu kuneyamanje, kodwa futhi kufanele ibe "namandla" kakhulu. Engxenyeni engezansi, kufanele kube nezinkinobho zomzimba njengakuqala, kodwa phezulu kuzoba nendawo yokuthinta esanda kulungiswa (iphedi yokuthinta) ukuze kube lula ukulawula. Futhi eduze kwayo, imakrofoni ye-Siri, okungenzeka ukuthi izodlala indima yayo ebaluleke kakhulu esizukulwaneni sesine se-Apple TV.

Ngomsizi wezwi we-Siri, osekukhona kuphela kuma-iPhones nama-iPads, i-Apple TV entsha kufanele ilawule cishe yonke into. Ngokufanayo nengxenye yomdlalo, ukulawulwa kwezwi bekungenye yamaphuzu abalulekile ebhokisi lesine lesizukulwane sesine le-Apple. Kwakungenxa yokuhleleka okuqhubekayo kokulawula nokusetshenziswa komsebenzisi okwenza inkampani yaseCalifornia ihlehlise ukukhonjiswa kwe-Apple TV kusukela kuWWDC kaJuni kuya kuSepthemba.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, amathuba esilawuli esisha awagcini ngezwi nokuthinta. Kufanele futhi ibe nezinzwa ezibona ukunyakaza futhi ngaleyo ndlela isondele ekusebenzeni kweNintendo Wii. Lesi esinye isici esizovula i-Apple TV kumathuba amasha ngokuphelele, isibonelo ukusebenzisa isilawuli njengesiteringi lapho udlala imidlalo yokugijima. Uxhumano lwesilawuli ku-Apple TV kufanele lwenzeke nge-Bluetooth, hhayi ngembobo ye-infrared ekhona.

Umdwebo ngendlela yesevisi yokusakaza kamuva kuphela

Sekuyisikhathi eside, kuphinde kwaba nokunye okusha okuzayo mayelana ne-Apple TV entsha: isevisi yokusakaza ye-TV. Ngalokhu, i-Apple ingathanda ukuphendula emakethe ekhula njalo ngezinsizakalo ezifanayo, futhi kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi sikhuluma lapha ikakhulukazi ngemakethe yaseMelika. Abasebenzisi abaningi bashiya amabhokisi ekhebula endabuko futhi bafinyelela amaphakheji ahlukene aneziteshi ezithile ezinikeza izinzuzo ezihlukile.

I-Apple ingathanda ukunikeza abasebenzisi be-Apple TV izinyanda zezintambo ezihlukahlukene ze-TV ngemali elinganiselwa ku-$40 ngenyanga, kodwa izingxoxo neziteshi ze-TV nezinye zisaqhubeka, ngakho-ke akukaqiniseki ukuthi izothatha hlobo luni insizakalo entsha yokusakaza i-TV ye-Apple. Kodwa-ke, abasebenzisi bokuqala cishe kuzodingeka balinde kuze kube unyaka ozayo, kuze kube yileso sikhathi kuyodingeka ukuthi babe nekhadi lekhebula elikhokhelwa kusengaphambili ukuze bakwazi ukubuka uhlelo ku-Apple TV, isibonelo.

Isizukulwane sesine i-Apple TV kufanele idayiswe kusukela ngo-Okthoba kulo nyaka, okungukuthi cishe inyanga ngemva kokwethulwa kwayo, kodwa nalolu suku lungashintsha. Ibhokisi elisha le-set-top lizobiza kakhulu kunesizukulwane sesithathu samanje, elehliswe kusuka ku-$99 kuya ku-$69 ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule: izwe linokufika ku-$200, mhlawumbe i-$149 noma i-$199. Ngakho-ke kuzoba umkhiqizo obiza kakhulu kunezixazululo ezincintisanayo nezidumile njenge-Roku, i-Google Chromecast noma i-Amazon Prime.

Kodwa-ke, i-Apple TV yesizukulwane sesithathu kufanele ihlale ithengisiwe, ezothola ukwesekwa kwensizakalo entsha yokusakaza ngokuzayo, kodwa cishe izophuthelwa yi-App Store nokusekelwa okubanzi kwe-Siri, okungukuthi imidwebo emibili emikhulu yenguqulo entsha.

Umthombo: 9to5Mac 1, 2, I-TechCrunch
Isithombe somfanekiso: TechCrunch/UBryce Durbin
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