Amaya Toman Abantu abaningi bathanda i-nostalgia, futhi abasebenzisi be-Apple nabo banjalo. Ubani ongeke afune ukukhumbula i-iMac G3 enemibala egqamile, i-Macintosh yoqobo noma mhlawumbe i-iPod Classic? Yidivayisi enegama lokugcina unjiniyela oyedwa asanda kukwazi ukuyidlulisela kusibonisi se-iPhone. Ngenxa yohlelo oludaliwe, abasebenzisi be-iPhone bazobona ikhophi ethembekile ye-iPod Classic interface yomsebenzisi, okuhlanganisa isondo lokuchofoza, impendulo ye-haptic nemisindo yesici.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Unjiniyela u-Elvin Hu wabelane ngomsebenzi wakhe wakamuva i-akhawunti ye-twitter ngevidiyo emfushane, futhi engxoxweni nomagazini i-Verge, wabelane ngemininingwane mayelana nokudalwa kwesicelo. U-Evlin Hu ungumfundi wokuklama e-Cooper Union College yaseNew York futhi ubelokhu esebenza kule phrojekthi kusukela ngo-Okthoba.
Wakha uhlelo lwakhe lokusebenza njengengxenye yephrojekthi yesikole ekuthuthukisweni kwe-iPod. "Bengilokhu ngingumlandeli wemikhiqizo ye-Apple, kusukela ngiseyingane," kusho u-Hu ku-imeyili abahleli beThe Verge. “Kodwa ngaphambi kokuthi umndeni wami ukwazi ukukukhokhela eyodwa, bengidweba izakhiwo zokusebenzisa i-iPhone emabhokisini eFerrero Rocher. Imikhiqizo yabo (kanye neminye imikhiqizo efana ne-Windows Vista noma i-Zune HD) ibe nomthelela omkhulu esinqumweni sami sokuphishekela umsebenzi wokuba umklami," etshela abahleli.
Igalari yezithombe
Isondo lokuchofoza elivela ku-iPod Classic, kanye nomklamo we-Cover Flow, libukeka lilihle ngempela esibukweni se-iPhone, futhi ngokusho kwevidiyo, lisebenza kahle kakhulu. Ngamazwi akhe, u-Hu unethemba lokuthi uzowuqeda lo msebenzi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka. Kodwa asikho isiqinisekiso sokuthi i-Apple izovuma isicelo sayo esiqediwe sokushicilelwa ku-App Store. "Ukuthi ngiyalukhulula noma cha [uhlelo lokusebenza] kuncike ekutheni i-Apple iyakuvumela yini," kusho u-Hu, enezela ngokuthi i-Apple ingase ibe nezizathu eziqinile zokungavunyelwa, njengamalungelo obunikazi.
Kodwa-ke, u-Hu unohlelo lokusekela uma kwenzeka engavunyelwa - angathanda ukukhipha iphrojekthi njengomthombo ovulekile, kuye ngempendulo evela emphakathini. Kodwa iqiniso lokuthi uTony Fadell, oqanjwe ngokuthi "ubaba we-iPod" ulithandile, lisebenzela iphrojekthi. Yilokho u-Hu amakwe ku-tweet, futhi uFadell wabiza iphrojekthi ngokuthi "ukubuyisela emuva okuhle" empendulweni yakhe.
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