UTony Fadell uveze ukuthi i-iPod yadalwa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokukhishwa

Ubaba we-iPod, uTony Fadell, akazange asebenze e-Apple kusukela ngo-2008, futhi njengoba yena ngokwakhe eqinisekisa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule, phakathi naleso sikhathi kwazalwa amadivaysi angu-18 avela kulo mndeni wemikhiqizo. Manje, wabelane ngemininingwane eminingi yomlando we-iPod ne-CEO ye-Stripe u-Patrick Collison, owayithumela ku-Twitter.

Kuye, uTony Fadell uchaze ukuthi umqondo wokudala isidlali somculo wafika ngonyaka ofanayo nofinyelele kumakhasimende. Umsebenzi wephrojekthi waqala kakade ngesonto lokuqala lika-2001, lapho uFadell ethola ucingo lokuqala oluvela ku-Apple futhi ngemva kwamasonto amabili wahlangana nabaphathi benkampani. Ngemva kwesonto, waba umeluleki wephrojekthi ngaleso sikhathi eyaziwa ngokuthi i-P68 Dulcimer.

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Kulokhu kungase kubonakale sengathi iphrojekthi isinesikhathi eside ithuthukiswa, kodwa lokhu kwakungelona iqiniso. Kwakungekho qembu elisebenza kuphrojekthi, kwakungekho prototypes, ithimba likaJony Ivo lalingasebenzi ekwakhiweni kwedivayisi, futhi konke u-Apple ayenakho ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyisu lokudala i-MP3 player ene-hard drive.

NgoMashi/Mashi, iphrojekthi yethulwa kuSteve Jobs, owayigunyaza ekupheleni komhlangano. Ngemva kwenyanga, engxenyeni yesibili ka-April/April, u-Apple wayesevele efuna umkhiqizi wokuqala we-iPod futhi ngoMeyi/Meyi kuphela lapho u-Apple aqasha khona umthuthukisi wokuqala we-iPod.

I-iPod yethulwa ngo-Okthoba 23, 2001 ngomugqa wethegi Izingoma eziyi-1 ephaketheni lakho. Okugqamile okuyinhloko kwedivayisi kwakuyi-hard drive engu-1,8″ esuka ku-Toshiba enamandla angu-5GB, eyayincane ngokwanele futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo inkulu ngokwanele ukuba abasebenzisi bayo bathathe iningi lomtapo wabo womculo lapho besohambeni. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, i-Apple yethula imodeli ebiza kakhulu enomthamo we-10GB kanye nokusekelwa kwe-VCard yokubonisa amakhadi ebhizinisi avunyelaniswe ku-Mac.

Ngibuze u-Tony Fadell mayelana nomugqa wesikhathi we-iPod wekhasi lami lephrojekthi esheshayo. Isifinyezo: ?. pic.twitter.com/mf0CfbAEtB

— UPatrick Collison (@patrickc) January 12, 2020