Adam Kos Umugqa womkhiqizo wama-iPod awunakunqatshelwa ngeqhaza lawo hhayi kubathandi bomculo kuphela, kodwa naku-Apple uqobo. Ngiyabonga kuyena, uselapho ekhona manje. Kodwa udumo lwakhe lwavele lwabulawa yi-iPhone. Yingakho kuyamangaza ukuthi sesivalelisa komele lo mndeni wokugcina kuphela manje.
I-iPod touch yokuqala yethulwa ngoSepthemba 5, 2007, lapho-ke yayisekelwe ekwakhiweni kwe-iPhone yokuqala. Bekufanele kube inkathi entsha yalo mdlali, obekuthi, ukube besingenayo i-iPhone lapha, bekuzoba ngaphambi kwesikhathi sayo. Kodwa ngale ndlela yayisekelwe kudivayisi yendawo yonke futhi empeleni yayihlala ingeyesibili emgqeni. Kungashiwo ukuthi umkhiqizo wenkampani odume kakhulu nophumelele kakhulu wabulala owaduma kakhulu kuze kube yileso sikhathi.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ukukhula okuwumqansa, ukuwa kancane kancane
Uma ubheka ukuthengiswa kwe-iPod okubikwe ngabakwa-Statista, kuyacaca ukuthi i-iPod yayisezingeni eliphezulu ngo-2008, yase yehla kancane kancane. Izinombolo zokugcina ezaziwayo zisuka ku-2014, lapho i-Apple ihlanganisa izingxenye zomkhiqizo futhi ingasabiki izinombolo zokuthengisa ngazinye. Izinombolo zenyuka ngempela kusukela ngesikhathi i-iPod yokuqala idayiswa, kodwa kwabe sekufika i-iPhone futhi konke kwashintsha.
Isizukulwane sokuqala socingo lwe-Apple sasisenomkhawulo ezimakethe ezimbalwa kuphela ezikhethiwe, ngakho i-iPod ayizange iqale ukuwa kwaze kwaba ngemva konyaka lapho i-iPhone 3G ifika. Ngaye, abaningi baqonda ukuthi kungani ngichitha imali ocingweni nasesidlali somculo lapho ngingathola yonke into eyodwa? Phela, ngisho noSteve Jobs ngokwakhe wethula i-iPhone ngala mazwi: "Ifoni, isiphequluli sewebhu, i-iPod."
iPod touch
Nakuba ngemva kwalokho i-Apple yethula izizukulwane ezintsha ze-iPod shuffle noma i-nano, isithakazelo kulawa madivayisi saqhubeka nokuncipha. Nakuba engeyena umqansa njengoba kwakunjalo ngokukhula kwakhe, kodwa engashintshi. I-Apple yethula i-iPod yayo yokugcina, okungukuthi i-iPod touch, ngonyaka ka-2019, lapho empeleni isanda kuthuthukisa i-chip ku-A10 Fusion, efakwe ku-iPhone 7, yengeza imibala emisha, akukho okunye. Mayelana nomklamo, idivayisi yayisasekelwe ku-iPhone 5.
Namuhla, idivayisi enjalo ayisenangqondo. Sinama-iPhones lapha, sinama-iPads lapha, sine-Apple Watch lapha. Ingumkhiqizo wokugcina oshiwo we-Apple ongamela kahle izidlali zomculo eziphathwayo kakhulu, noma ngabe uxhumene kakhulu ne-iPhone. Ngakho-ke kwakungewona umbuzo wokuthi i-Apple izoyinqamula i-iPod ngokuphelele, kodwa kunalokho ukuthi izogcina yenzeka nini. Futhi cishe akekho ozophuthelwa.
