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Ngenkathi uSteve Jobs ethula i-iPad yokuqala eminyakeni eyishumi nanye edlule eSan Francisco, abantu bayithanda ngokushesha nje. Idivaysi enjalo ilethe lokho okuthiwa umoya omusha emakethe futhi yagcwalisa igebe phakathi kwe-iPhone ne-Mac. Ithebhulethi ngezindlela eziningi iyinketho engcono kakhulu kunemikhiqizo emibili eshiwo, i-Apple eyayiyazi ngokugcwele futhi yasebenza ngesixazululo esithembekile iminyaka. Noma kunjalo, i-iPad ngokwayo isihambe ibanga elide ngaphambi kokuba yethulwe emhlabeni.

Steve Jobs iPad 2010
Ukwethulwa kwe-iPad yokuqala ngo-2010

Njengamanje, izithombe ezintsha ze-prototype ye-iPad yokuqala ngqa bezilokhu zizungeza ku-inthanethi, lapho singaqaphela khona into eyodwa engajwayelekile uma uthi nhlá. I-akhawunti yomsebenzisi ye-Twitter inakekele ukwabelana ngazo UGiulio Zompetti, owaziwa ngokuqoqa izingcezu ze-apula ezingavamile kanye neqoqo lakhe elicwengisisiwe. Ezithombeni, singabona ukuthi i-prototype ibifakwe izimbobo ezimbili zamaphini angu-30 esikhundleni sesodwa. Ngenkathi eyodwa itholakala ngaphansi, enye yayingakwesokunxele. Kulokhu, kuyacaca ukuthi i-Apple ekuqaleni yayihlose uhlelo lokudotshwa okukabili kwe-iPad, futhi kwakungenzeka ukushaja idivayisi kanyekanye kuwo womabili amachweba.

Ngokusho kolwazi oluvela kumqoqi uZompetti, ichweba lesibili lasuswa ngesikhathi sokubuyekezwa komklamo. Inkampani ye-Cupertino ithuthukisa imikhiqizo yayo ngezigaba ezintathu - okokuqala, ukuhlolwa kokuqinisekiswa kobunjiniyela kuyenziwa, bese kuthi ukuklama nokuhlolwa kokubulawa kulandele, futhi ekugcineni ukukhiqizwa kuqinisekiswa. Lokhu akuqali ngisho nokukhuluma ngomshini onjalo. Kakade ngo-2012, i-prototype ye-iPad yokuqala, nayo eyayifakwe amachweba amabili afanayo, yathengiswa ku-eBay. Ukuvuza okuvela eminyakeni embalwa edlule kusikisela ukuthi umqondo wamachweba amabili ucishe washanelwa etafuleni nguSteve Jobs ngomzuzu wokugcina.

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