Ngomhla onje namhlanje ngo-Oktobha 23 kodwa ngowama-2001, enye yezo zixhobo yabonakala iguqula imarike ye-Mp3 kwaye kwinkqubo yanceda ngokuthe ngqo ekuvuseleleni inkampani eyayicwile kwaye namhlanje ifumana izigidi zeedola ngenxa yeekhompyuter zayo kunye nezinye izixhobo.
Ukuba sithetha nge-iPod ngokuthe ngqo, asikwazi ukuba nebhongo ngakumbi malunga nokuba yintoni, ibe yintoni kwaye iya kuba yintoni (okwangoku) isixhobo sokufaka kubasebenzisi abaninzi abaqala uhambo lwabo e-Apple enkosi kuyo. Malunga nokubeka 'okwangoku' kwizibiyeli, ndicinga ukuba sonke siyasazi isizathu kwaye kukuba i-Apple ayizange iyihlaziye kwinqaku lokugqibela kwaye kunokwenzeka ukuba esi sixhobo. Yanyamalala ngokuhamba kwexesha okanye iApple ayisayi kuyihlaziya kwakhona.
Ukunqongophala kweemodeli zangoku
Ukushiya ecaleni ingxoxo enokubakho okanye ingxoxo malunga nokuba i-Apple yenze kakuhle okanye hayi xa ingazange ihlaziye i-iPod kwinqaku eliphambili le-iPad Air 2, i-iPad mini, iMac 27 ″ iRetina kunye neMac mini, i-iPod iyayeka ukubalasela namhlanje ngenxa ii-iPhones kunye nezinye ii-smartphones kwimarike kwaye kuyinyani ukuba i-Apple I-iPod Touch yangoku ayinakuphuculwa kakhulu, ngenxa yesi sizathu sicinga ukuba ishiya ecaleni uhlaziyo lwayo.
Kwi-2001, inkampani ye-Cupertino yasungula isixhobo esitsha, esincinci kunye nesilula esivumela umsebenzisi ukuba aphulaphule wonke umculo abathandayo naphi na, kwaye wabavumela ukuba balawule iingoma ngendlela elula kakhulu. Le iPod yokuqala yayinomhlobo ngokusebenza kwayo ngokufanelekileyo kunye nongqamaniso lweengoma, iTunes, leyo namhlanje ihlala ibalulekile kuye nawuphi na umsebenzisi we-Apple iDevice. Namhlanje i-iPod ijika iminyaka eyi-13 kwaye nangona imeko yayo ebuthathaka ngoku, iyaqhubeka iluphawu kubasebenzisi abaninzi kunye nesango eliya kwihlabathi le-Apple.
Sivuyisana ne-iPod!