Amaya Toman Uma uthi "ifoni ene-iTunes" iningi lethu licabanga ngokuzenzakalelayo nge-iPhone. Kodwa empeleni bekungeyona iselula yokuqala emlandweni ukweseka le sevisi. Ngisho nangaphambi kwesakhiwo sodumo se-iPhone, iselula ye-push-button ye-Rokr E1 yaphuma ekusebenzisaneni phakathi kwe-Apple ne-Motorola - umakhalekhukhwini wokuqala okwakungenzeka ukuthi usebenzise kuwo insiza ye-iTunes.
Kodwa uSteve Jobs wayengenamdlandla kakhulu ngocingo. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, i-Rokr E1 yayiyisibonelo esiqinile sokuthi hlobo luni lwenhlekelele engenzeka uma uphathisa umklami wangaphandle ukuthi akhe ifoni enophawu lwe-Apple. Le nkampani ibe isizibophezela ngokuthi ngeke iliphinde iphutha elifanayo.
Igalari yezithombe
Ucingo lwe-Rokr lunezimpande zalo ngo-2004, lapho ukuthengiswa kwe-iPod ngaleso sikhathi kwakuthatha cishe u-45% wemali engenayo yakwa-Apple. Ngaleso sikhathi, uSteve Jobs wayekhathazekile ngokuthi enye yezinkampani eziqhudelanayo izoqhamuka nento efana ne-iPod - into eyayizoba ngcono futhi intshontshe indawo ye-iPod igqame. Wayengafuni ukuthi i-Apple incike kakhulu ekuthengisweni kwe-iPod, ngakho wanquma ukuqhamuka nokunye.
Ukuthi okuthile kwakuyifoni. Khona-ke Omakhalekhukhwini nakuba ayekude ne-iPhone, ayevele efakwe amakhamera ngokujwayelekile. Imisebenzi yayicabanga ukuthi uma izoqhudelana nomakhalekhukhwini abanjalo, lokho angakwenza ngokukhipha ucingo oluzosebenza njengesidlali somculo esigcwele.
Kodwa-ke, wanquma ukuthatha isinyathelo "esingakholeki" - wanquma ukuthi indlela elula yokuqeda izimbangi ezingahle zibe ukuhlangana nenye inkampani. Imisebenzi ikhethe i-Motorola ngale njongo, futhi yanikeza lowo owayengu-CEO u-Ed Zander ukuthi inkampani ikhiphe inguqulo ye-Motorola Razr edumile ene-iPod eyakhelwe ngaphakathi.
Kodwa-ke, i-Rokr E1 yaba umkhiqizo ohlulekile. Idizayini yepulasitiki eshibhile, ikhamera yekhwalithi ephansi kanye nomkhawulo wezingoma eziyikhulu. konke lokhu kusayine incwadi egunyaza ukufa kwefoni ye-Rokr E1. Abasebenzisi futhi abathandanga ukuthi baqale bathenge izingoma ku-iTunes bese bezidlulisela ocingweni ngekhebula.
Ukwethulwa kocingo nakho akuzange kuhambe kahle. Imisebenzi yehlulekile ukukhombisa kahle ikhono ledivayisi lokudlala umculo we-iTunes esiteji, nokuyinto eyamcasula ngokuqondakalayo. "Ngicindezele inkinobho engalungile," esho ngaleso sikhathi. Ngokungafani ne-iPod nano, eyethulwa emcimbini ofanayo, i-Rokr E1 yayikhohliwe. NgoSeptemba 2006, i-Apple yaqeda ukusekelwa kwefoni, futhi ngemva konyaka kwaqala inkathi entsha ngokuphelele kulokhu.
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