Amaya Toman NgoJanuwari 2004, embukisweni we-CES e-Las Vegas, kwethulwa imodeli ye-iPod, lapho i-Apple yasebenzisana ne-HP. Ngaleso sikhathi, uCarly Fiorina waseHewlett-Packard wabonisa umfanekiso oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, owawuvamile emikhiqizweni ye-HP ngaleso sikhathi, kulabo ababekhona ngesikhathi sokwethulwa esiteji. Kodwa lapho umdlali ebona ukukhanya kosuku, waqhosha ngomthunzi wokukhanya ofanayo ne-iPod evamile.
Izinkampani i-Apple ne-Hewlett-Packard zixhunywe ngendlela iminyaka eminingi. Ebusheni bakhe, umsunguli we-Apple uSteve Jobs ngokwakhe wahlela "i-brigade" yasehlobo e-Hewlett-Packard, omunye umsunguli uSteve Wozniak naye wasebenza enkampanini isikhathi esithile, lapho esakha amakhompyutha we-Apple-I ne-Apple II. Izisebenzi eziningi ezintsha kwa-Apple nazo zaqashwa ezinhlwini zabasebenzi bangaphambili be-HP. U-Hewlett-Packard futhi wayengumnikazi woqobo womhlaba i-Apple Park emi kuwo njengamanje. Kodwa-ke, ukusebenzisana phakathi kwe-Apple ne-HP kanjalo kwathatha isikhathi.
USteve Jobs wayengeyena umsekeli oshisekayo wokunikeza amalayisense ubuchwepheshe be-Apple, futhi esinye sezinyathelo zokuqala azithatha ngeminyaka yawo-1990 ngemuva kokubuyela ebuholini benkampani kwaba ukukhansela ama-clones e-Mac. Ngakho-ke i-HP iPod kwaba ukuphela kwelayisense esemthethweni yalolu hlobo. Kulo mongo, Imisebenzi iphinde yalahla inkolelo yakhe yasekuqaleni yokungavumeli i-iTunes ukuthi ifakwe kumakhompyutha ngaphandle kwama-Mac. Ingxenye yesivumelwano phakathi kwalezi zinkampani ezimbili kwakuwukuthi amakhompyutha asanda kukhishwa i-HP Pavilion kanye ne-Compaq Presario ewuchungechunge afike efakwe ngaphambili ne-iTunes - abanye bathi kwakuyisinyathelo esihlakaniphile sika-Apple ukuvimbela i-HP ukuthi ifake i-Windows Media Store kumakhompyutha ayo.
Kungekudala ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-HP iPod, i-Apple yethula isibuyekezo ku-iPod yayo evamile, futhi i-HP iPod yalahlekelwa ukukhanga kwayo. USteve Jobs wabhekana nokugxekwa okuvela ezindaweni eziningi, lapho asolwa khona ngokuxhaphaza i-HP ukuze azuze yena futhi ngobuhlakani ahlela ukusatshalaliswa kwesoftware ye-Apple kanye nezinsizakalo kubanikazi bamakhompyutha okungewona awe-Apple.
Ekugcineni, i-iPod eyabiwe yehlulekile ukulethela i-HP imali ebilindelwe, futhi u-Hewlett-Packard waqeda isivumelwano ngoJulayi 2005—nakuba kudingeke ukuthi kufakwe i-iTunes kumakhompyutha ayo kuze kube uJanuwari 2006.
Sawubona, unephutha lokuthayipha egameni elithi Hewlett-Packard. (Hawlett-Packard).
Siyabonga, kulungisiwe.