Amaya Toman Namuhla sizokhumbula usuku lapho inani lezinhlelo zokusebenza ezilandiwe, ezenzelwe i-iPad kuphela, zeqa uphawu lwezinkulungwane eziyikhulu. Kulezi zinsuku, le nombolo cishe imangaze abantu abambalwa, kodwa kungekudala ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-iPad yokuqala eyake yaba khona, kwaba ukusebenza okuhloniphekile.
Kungaba njalo okuthakaselayo
Ngomhla zingama-30 kuNhlangulana wezi-2011, i-Apple yagubha esinye isenzakalo esibalulekile. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho ekwazi khona ukunqoba umkhawulo omlingo wamakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinhlelo zokusebenza ezidayiselwe i-iPad kuphela ku-App Store. Lokhu kwenzeke esikhathini esingaphezu konyaka ngemva kokwethulwa ngokusemthethweni kwe-iPad yesizukulwane sokuqala. Ingqophamlando ivale unyaka wokuqala omangalisayo wethebhulethi yakwa-Apple obekukudala ilindelwe ngemfashini enhle, lapho inkampani ikwazile ukufakazela, phakathi kwezinye izinto, ukuthi i-iPad yayo ngempela ingaphezu nje "kwe-iPhone ekhulile."
Igalari yezithombe
Ngesikhathi kukhishwa i-iPad, i-Apple yayisivele inobufakazi obuqinile obanele bokubaluleka okukhulu nokubaluleka kwezinhlelo zokusebenza zale divayisi. Lapho i-iPhone yokuqala ikhishwa, uSteve Jobs waqala wabhikishela ikhono lokulanda izinhlelo zokusebenza zezinkampani zangaphandle, futhi uPhil Schiller no-Art Levinson ikakhulukazi kwadingeka balwe ngamandla abo wonke ukwethulwa kwe-App Store. I-Apple yethula i-iPhone SDK yayo ngoMashi 6, 2008, cishe izinyanga eziyisishiyagalolunye ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-iPhone yokuqala. I-Apple yaqala ukwamukela izicelo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, kwathi lapho i-App Store yethulwa ngoJulayi 2008, yaqopha umlando wokulandwa kwezigidi eziyishumi emahoreni okuqala angama-72 okwethulwa kwayo.
Ngenkathi i-iPad yokuqala ithengiswa, empeleni kwakuyi-bandwagon ngokuphathelene ne-App Store. NgoMashi 2011, inani lokulandwa kwezicelo ezihloselwe i-iPad ladlula i-75, futhi ngoJuni i-Apple isivele ishaye inombolo enamadijithi ayisithupha. Onjiniyela abaphuthelwe yithuba labo ngesikhathi kwethulwa i-iPhone bafuna ukusebenzisa ngokugcwele ukufika kwe-iPad yokuqala. Njengamanje, ungathola amakhulu ezinkulungwane zezinhlelo zokusebenza ku-App Store, ezidizayinelwe ngokukhethekile ama-iPads, kuyilapho i-Apple izama ukukhuthaza amamodeli athile amathebulethi ayo njengezinkundla zezinhlelo zokusebenza ezichwepheshile.
