Kubukeka sengathi i-Apple enamandla isanda kuthola i- umhlinzeki womculo omusha osuselwa efwini, ngokusho komthombo wangaphakathi owenza lo mcimbi waziwa Ama-MacRumors. Ekuqaleni kwenyanga, kwafundwa ngokuthengwa kwazo zonke izimpahla zenkampani yokuqukethwe okulalelwayo nokubukwayo ngenani eliphelele elingange- $ 10 million.
Yize umthengi engakaqinisekiswa, kubonakala sengathi inkampani ezinze eCupertino yathenga inkampani yaseNgilandi, ngokusho kwemibhalo ephathwa ngokuthengiswa okushiwo. Yikuphi ayitholi i-Apple ngamalungelo obunikazi afakwe yi-Omnifone, yize ifaka phakathi "ilayisense yasebukhosini" kumigomo yokuthenga.
Futhi ukuthi inkampani yomculo efwini inamalungelo obunikazi amaningi ahlobene nokulanda umculo, ukuphatha amalungelo edijithali, nokwenza izincomo, ezingakhanga kakhulu ngokudluliswa kokuqukethwe.
Ngaphandle kwalokho, uphawu isebenze ipulatifomu yayo ngezivumelwano ezahlukene kanye nezinhlangano nezinkampani njenge LG, Samsung, Vodafone, Blackberry kanye Sony, phakathi kwabanye. Ngemuva kwalokhu kuthathwa, i-Omnifone inqamule ngokungazelelwe bonke ubudlelwano bayo nabo, futhi siyazi ukuthi abanye bakubikile lokhu kuhlukaniswa bevuma ukuthengwa kwe-Omnifone "yinkampani enkulu." IPonoMusic, ebinenkontileka ngezinsizakalo zale ngqalasizinda ukondla isitolo sayo esiku-inthanethi, ibingatholakali okwesikhashana selokhu kuthengiwe.
Inkampani, anqwabelene izikweletu ezahlukahlukene lokho akufakiwe ekuthengeni Futhi kudlule ezikhathini ezinzima, kudingeke ukuthi kudilizwe abanye abasebenzi abangama-71 ngoMeyi odlule lapho bengakwazanga ukuhlangabezana nezinkokhelo zabo bonke abasebenzi, futhi bephula izivumelwano zokusebenzisana nezinkampani ezinjengoSony noBlackberry lapho kuvalwa izinsiza zabo zeMusic Unlimited noMculo I-BBM, ngokulandelana.
Kusukela ekuqaleni bekucatshangwa ukuthi i-Apple ingahle ibe nentshisekelo ngezimpahla zika-Omnifone, ngokusho kuka Umlingani womculo ngoMeyi, futhi manje njengoba kuthengiwe, kubonakala sengathi akusekho ukungabaza.
