Kusuka emlandweni we-Apple: I-iPad yokuqala ithola ukudunyiswa

Lapho i-iPad yokuqala evela ku-Apple ibona ukukhanya kosuku, akuzange kucace kahle ukuthi ingaba umkhiqizo othembisayo futhi ophumelelayo. Ekupheleni kuka-March 2010, nokho, ukubuyekezwa kokuqala kwaqala ukuvela kwabezindaba, okwaba sobala kakhulu ukuthi ithebhulethi ye-apula izoba i-hit eqondile.

Iningi lababuyekezi livumelene ngokucacile ngamaphuzu amaningana - i-iPad ibintula ukwesekwa kobuchwepheshe beFlash, isixhumi se-USB nemisebenzi eminingi. Noma kunjalo, izindaba ezivela eshabhu yenkampani yaseCupertino zajabulisa wonke umuntu, futhi iphephandaba i-USA Today labhala lokho. "i-iPad yokuqala ingumnqobi ocacile". I-iPad ibiyingxenye yesigaba sokugcina esibalulekile semikhiqizo emisha evela kwa-Apple, edalwe ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaSteve Jobs. Ngesikhathi sakhe sesibili e-Apple, wengamele, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukwethulwa kwamahithi afana ne-iPod, i-iPhone, noma isevisi ye-iTunes Music Store. I-iPad yokuqala yavezwa ngoJanuwari 27, 2010. Ngaphandle kokuvela okumbalwa okungavamile (futhi okukhethwe ngokucophelela) esidlangalaleni, nokho, umhlaba awuzange ufunde okuningi mayelana nendlela ithebhulethi esebenze kahle ngayo kwaze kwaba yilapho kuqala ukuvela izibuyekezo zokuqala. Njenganamuhla, i-Apple yabe isilawula ngokucophelela ukuthi iyiphi imidiya eyathola i-iPad yokuqala. Abahleli beThe New York Times, USA Today noma iChicago Sun-Times bathole izingcezu zokubuyekeza, isibonelo.

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U-Steve Jobs uveza okokuqala i-iPad entsha ye-Apple e-Yerba Buena Gardens Theatre e-San Francisco, California, ngoLwesithathu, Januwari 27, 2010. (Karl Mondon/Contra Costa Times/MCT)

Izinqumo zalaba babuyekezi abambalwa bokuqala zibonakale zizinhle njengoba iningi labanikazi bamasheya belinethemba. I-New York Times ibhale ngentshiseko ukuthi wonke umuntu kufanele athande i-iPad entsha. U-Walt Mossberg we-All Things D wabiza i-iPad ngokuthi “uhlobo olusha lwekhompiyutha” futhi waze wavuma ukuthi kucishe kwamenza walahlekelwa isithakazelo sokusebenzisa ikhompuyutha yakhe ephathekayo. U-Andy Inhatko we-Chicago Sun-Times ukhulume kakhulu ngokuthi i-iPad "isigcwalise kanjani igebe ekade likhona emakethe."

Kodwa-ke, iningi lababuyekezi bokuqala liphinde lavuma ukuthi i-iPad ayikwazi ukufaka ngokugcwele ikhompyutha ephathekayo, nokuthi isetshenziswa kakhulu ekusetshenzisweni kokuqukethwe kunokudala. Ngokungeziwe kubabuyekezi, i-iPad entsha ngokwemvelo iphinde yajabulisa abasebenzisi abajwayelekile. Ngonyaka wokuqala, kwathengiswa cishe ama-iPads ayizigidi ezingu-25, okwenza ithebhulethi ye-Apple yaba isigaba somkhiqizo omusha ophumelele kakhulu owethulwe yi-Apple.