Amaya Toman Iningi lethu njengamanje line-iPad elungisiwe njengethebhulethi ephumelelayo nesebenza kahle kakhulu evela kwa-Apple. Ngesikhathi uSteve Jobs emethula ngomkhosi emhlabeni, ikusasa lakhe lalingaqinisekile. Abantu abaningi bangabaza impumelelo yethebhulethi ye-apula, beyihleka usulu futhi beyiqhathanisa nemikhiqizo yokuhlanzeka kwabesifazane ngenxa yegama. Kodwa ukungabaza kwathatha isikhathi esifushane kuphela - i-iPad yazuza ngokushesha izinhliziyo zochwepheshe kanye nomphakathi.
Igalari yezithombe
"Kwakukhona imiyalo erekhodini lokugcina eyathola impendulo enkulu kangaka," wayengesabi isiqhathaniso seBhayibheli ngaleso sikhathi Wall Street Journal. Ngokushesha i-iPad yaba umkhiqizo we-Apple odayiswa ngokushesha kunabo bonke. Yize ikhishwe ngemuva kokufika kwe-iPhone yokuqala emhlabeni, ibihamba phambili kune-smartphone ngokocwaningo nentuthuko. I-prototype ye-iPad ihlehlela emuva ku-2004, lapho i-Apple izama ukwenza ubuchwepheshe bayo be-multitouch buphelele, okwagcina kwenze i-iPhone yokuqala.
USteve Jobs usenesikhathi eside ehehwa amaphilisi. Uzithande kakhulu ngenxa yobulula bazo, lezo Imisebenzi eyenze yasondela ekupheleleni nge-iPad ngokubambisana no-Jony Ive. Imisebenzi yabona ugqozi lokuqala lwethebhulethi ye-Apple yesikhathi esizayo kudivayisi ebizwa ngokuthi i-Dynabook. Kwakuwumqondo wekusasa owaklanywa ngo-1968 ngunjiniyela wakwa-Xerox PARC, u-Alan Kay, naye owasebenza kwa-Apple isikhashana.
Uma uthi nhlá, nokho, kwakungabonakali ukuthi u-Jobs wayenezinhloso kulokhu. "Asinazo izinhlelo zokwenza i-tablet," washo ngokuqinile engxoxweni noWalt Mossberg ngo-2003. “Kubukeka sengathi abantu bafuna ama-keyboard. Amaphilisi aheha abantu abacebile abanamakhompiyutha amaningi nezinye izinto.” wengeza. Umbono wokuthi Imisebenzi akayena umlandeli wamaphilisi wabuye waqiniswa yiqiniso lokuthi esinye sezinyathelo zokuqala azithatha ngemuva kokubuyela ku-Apple engxenyeni yesibili ye-nineties kwakuwukukhipha i-Newton MessagePad emdlalweni. Kodwa iqiniso lalihluke ngokuphelele.
Ukuzalwa kwe-iPad
NgoMashi 2004, i-Apple yafaka isicelo selungelo lobunikazi "sedivayisi kagesi" okusikhumbuza i-iPad yakamuva. Umehluko kuphela ukuthi idivayisi eboniswe kuhlelo lokusebenza yayinombukiso omncane. USteve Jobs noJony Ive bafakwe ohlwini lwabasunguli bedivayisi enelungelo lobunikazi.
Kungekudala ngaphambi kokuthi i-iPad ekugcineni ibone ukukhanya kosuku, kube nenye inketho emdlalweni - ngo-2008, abaphathi be-Apple bacabange kafushane ithuba lokukhiqiza ama-netbooks. Kodwa lo mbono washanelwa etafuleni nguyena Imisebenzi, okwathi i-netbooks yayingamele i-hardware esezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu, eshibhile. U-Jony Ive uveze ngesikhathi senkulumompikiswano ukuthi ithebhulethi ingamela idivayisi yeselula ephezulu ngentengo efanayo.
Umdlalo wokuqala
Kungekudala ngemuva kokwenziwa kwesinqumo sokugcina, i-Apple yaqala ukudlala ngama-prototypes ambalwa we-iPad. Le nkampani yakha imiqondo eminingana ehlukene, eyodwa yayo yayifakwe ngisho nezibambo zepulasitiki. U-Apple wazama kancane kancane osayizi abahlukene abangamashumi amabili, futhi abaphathi benkampani basheshe bafinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi inhloso bekuwuhlobo oluthile lwe-iPod touch enombukiso omkhulu. "Ingomuntu siqu kakhulu kunekhompyutha ephathekayo," Imisebenzi yathi nge-iPad ngenkathi yethulwa ngoJanuwari 27, 2010.
I-iPad yokuqala yayinobukhulu obungu-243 x 190 x 13 mm futhi inesisindo esingu-680g (okuhlukile kwe-Wi-Fi) noma u-730g (Wi-Fi + Cellular). Isibonisi sayo esingu-9,7-intshi sinokulungiswa okungu-1024 x 768p. Abasebenzisi babenokuzikhethela kwe-16, 32 kanye ne-64GB yesitoreji. I-iPad yokuqala yayifakwe isibonisi sokuthinta okuningi, izinzwa zokukhanya eziseduze nezikhanyayo, i-accelerometer yama-axis amathathu noma mhlawumbe ikhampasi yedijithali. I-Apple yaqala ukwamukela ama-oda wangaphambilini ngoMashi 12, imodeli ye-Wi-Fi yathengiswa ngo-Ephreli 3, kanye nenguqulo ye-3G yamashalofu esitolo okuqala e-iPad ekupheleni kuka-Ephreli.
