I-iPod ende: I-Apple itsala iplagi kwisixhobo sayo somfanekiso

Isigebenga sobuchwephesha sase-Cupertino sase-US u-Apple ubhengeze ukuba ngelixa izixhobo ezishiyekileyo ze-iPod Touch ezisesitokhweni zisafumaneka ukuba zithengwe kwiivenkile ezisemthethweni ezikwi-intanethi okanye ngokuthe ngqo kwiivenkile ezithengisa nge-Apple, ngelixa unikezelo luphelile, akukho modeli mitsha ye-iPod iya kuveliswa ngelixa elizayo.

Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini, i-iPod iye yalawula imarike ephathekayo audio. Inguqulelo yokuqala ye-iPod enevili lokucofa kunye nescreen esincinci saziswa ngumseki we-Apple ongasekhoyo uSteve Jobs ngo-2001.

Ukusukela oko yaziswa kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, i-iPod ithande abasebenzisi kwihlabathi liphela abathanda ukukwazi ukuhamba nomculo wabo xa besendleleni. iapile kuchazwe kwingxelo.

"Namhlanje, amava okuthatha ithala leencwadi lomculo asiwe kwihlabathi adityanisiwe kuwo wonke umgca wemveliso we-Apple."

Ikwazi ukubamba iingoma ezikumgangatho we-1,000 we-CD, i-iPod yokuqala yaguqula ishishini lomculo ngeendlela ezimbini ezinkulu. Okokuqala, yayivumela abathandi bomculo ukuba baphathe ii-albhamu zabo abazithandayo ngalo lonke ixesha epokothweni yabo. I-iPod yazisa ingcamango 'yokutshixa' kubasebenzisi bayo, ibavumela ukuba bamamele iingoma ngokungakhethiyo endaweni yokuba bakhethe.

Esi sixhobo sajika phantse i-Apple yatshona ekubeni lolona phawu lubalulekileyo lwetekhnoloji yehlabathi. Ikwavule indlela yemveliso ye-Apple ephambili - i iPhone. 

"Ukuba asiyenzanga i-iPod, i-iPhone ngengazanga iphume," utshilo umyili we-iPod uTony Fadell. 

“Izinze uSteve [Jobs] ukuzithemba ukuba singenza into ngaphandle kwemephu kwaye sinokuqhubeka nokwenza izinto ezintsha kwiindawo ezintsha.”

UApple ucaphule kwingxelo yakhe uGreg Joswiak, usekela mongameli wenkampani kwiWorldwide Marketing esithi: “Namhlanje, umoya we-iPod uyaqhubeka. Sidibanise amava omculo amangalisayo kuzo zonke iimveliso zethu, ukusuka kwi-iPhone ukuya kwi-Apple Watch ukuya kwi-HomePod mini, nakwi-Mac, i-iPad, kunye ne-Apple TV.

Ihlabathi labona uhlaziyo lokugqibela lwe-iPod Touch, enesikrini esikhulu kwaye isebenza njengenye indlela engabizi kakhulu kwi-iPhone, ngo-2019. Kwaye namhlanje, njengoko i-iPhone iye yaba yimveliso ethengiswa kakhulu ye-Apple, inkampani ayiboni ukusetyenziswa kwakhona. ukuvelisa ii-iPod ezintsha.

Ngokweengxelo zangaphambili, ingeniso ye-Apple kwi-Q1 yalo nyaka inyuke nge-9% ngokuchasene nexesha elifanayo ngo-2021 kwaye yafikelela kwiibhiliyoni zeedola ezingama-97.3 (nxamnye ne-90 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngo-2021).