Amaya Toman Kulezi zinsuku, akekho onendaba ukuthi uyanikela yini ezinkundleni zokuxhumana usebenzisa i-smartphone ye-Android, kusukela ku-iPhone, i-iPad, noma kukhompuyutha yakho yasemsebenzini. Kepha kwakuyiposi le-Twitter elibhalwe ku-iPad ukuthi ngo-2010 wathukuthela owayeyinhloko ye-Apple, uSteve Jobs, waze wasangana.
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Ngaleso sikhathi, kubikwa ukuthi Imisebenzi yacasulwa yi-tweet ethunyelwe ku-iPad ngumhleli we-Wall Street Journal. Isizathu? I-Apple ikhombise i-iPad yayo entsha ukukhetha abaphathi bemidiya ezinyangeni ngaphambi kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni. Nakuba umphakathi ngaleso sikhathi wawusuwazi kakade nge-iPad futhi wawulindele ukuqala ngokusemthethweni kokuthengiswa kwayo, le tweet eshiwo yacasula Imisebenzi.
Ngenkathi i-Apple yethula i-iPad yayo yokuqala emhlabeni, abantu abaningi bayibona, phakathi kwezinye izinto, njengendlela entsha, entsha yokusebenzisa izindaba zansuku zonke. Ngesikhathi samalungiselelo okwethulwa kwe-iPad ngo-Ephreli 2010, Imisebenzi iphinde yahlangana nabamele i-Wall Street Journal kanye ne-New York Times. U-Apple wayefuna ukwenza lezi zinhlangano zezindaba zenze izinhlelo zokusebenza ezinhle zethebhulethi ezayo, futhi ezinye zezintatheli zazama ithebhulethi ngaso leso sikhathi. Omunye wabo ngokungahlakaniphe waqhosha ngalokhu okwenzeka kuTwitter, kodwa uJobs akakuthandanga lokho.
Igalari yezithombe
Uma kubhekwa ukwethulwa okusemthethweni kokuthengiswa kwe-iPad, Imisebenzi yayisivele yethukile, okuyinto eqondakalayo. USteve Jobs wayefuna ukulawula ngokugcwele ukuthi i-iPad izokhulunywa kanjani ngaphambi kokuthi ifike emashalofini ezitolo, futhi i-tweet eshiwo ngenhla ayizange ingene ohlelweni lwakhe, nakuba yonke into ingase ibonakale njengento encane ekuqaleni. Umbhali we-tweet wayengumhleli omkhulu we-Wall Street Journal, u-Alan Murray, nokho, kamuva wenqaba ukuphawula ngalolu daba, wathi "ngeke". "Ngizosho nje ukuthi i-paranoia ejwayelekile ye-Apple mayelana nobuhlakani iyamangalisa ngempela," wengeza uMurray kamuva. "Kodwa akulutho ongakazi." Okuthunyelwe ngendlela yokuthi:“Le tweet ithunyelwe nge-iPad. Ingabe kubukeka kupholile?'
Ngaphambi kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni, i-iPad ithole omunye futhi umbukiso womphakathi, ngesikhathi kumenyezelwa ukuqokwa kwama-Grammy Awards ahlonishwayo.
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