Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple: I-iPad ibe kanjani inkanyezi enkulu kuma-Grammy Awards

Ngesonto eledlule sigubhe iminyaka eyishumi ye-iPad. Ngisho nangaphambi kokuba ithebhulethi yokuqala yakwa-Apple ingene ngokusemthethweni emashalofini esitolo, labo ababebuka ama-Grammys ngaleso sikhathi babeyibona ingahleliwe. UStephen Colbert, owayengamele umcimbi ngaleso sikhathi, wayenomthwalo wemfanelo wokwethulwa ngaphambi kwesikhathi kwe-iPad. Ngesikhathi uColbert efunda amagama aqokwe esiteji, wasebenzisa i-Apple iPad ukwenza kanjalo - futhi akazange angabaze ukuziqhayisa ngakho. Isibonelo, ubuze umrepha uJay-Z ukuthi naye ubenayo yini ithebhulethi esikhwameni sakhe sezipho.

Iqiniso liwukuthi uColbert "wahlela" i-iPad ngokwakhe. Kamuva, engxoxweni, utshele izintatheli ukuthi ufuna i-iPad ngokushesha lapho yethulwa. Emzamweni wakhe wokuthola ucezu lwe-elekthronikhi aphupha ngalo ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka, uColbert uthe akazange angabaze ngisho nokuya ku-Apple ngokuqondile. “Ngathi, 'Ngizophatha ama-Grammys. Ngithumeleni eyodwa ngizogibela esiteji ephaketheni lami,’” ekhumbula, wengeza ngokuthi u-Apple waboleka i-iPad kuphela. Omunye wabameli benkampani kuthiwa ulethe i-iPad backstage kuColbert, owayiboleka okwesikhashana ngenxa nje yokusebenza kwakhe wayibuyisela ngokushesha ngemva kokuba isiphelile. “Kwakukuhle,” kukhumbula uColbert.

USteve Jobs wethula i-iPad emphakathini ngoJanuwari 27, 2010, futhi ithebhulethi yavela esiteji kuma-Grammy Awards ngoFebhuwari 1. Ngokusobala, isivumelwano no-Colbert senzeke ngokushesha okukhulu, kungalindelekile, futhi kwaholela "ekukhangisweni" kwegciwane eliphumelelayo, eliphinde lazizwa likhululekile, lingokwemvelo futhi lingaphoqelelwe. Okwengeza ubuqiniso bayo ukuthi uColbert waziwa kabanzi ngentshiseko yakhe ngemikhiqizo yakwa-Apple.

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