Ibali lingase liphele ku-Apple, kodwa liqala ngo-1970 eNgilani
Xa imveliso iba yinto eyaziwayo kunye neyatshintsha ihlabathi njengePod, abantu bafuna ukuphendula umbuzo othi "ngubani owasungula i-iPod?"
Ukuba uqikelele impendulo ngu "Steve Jobs kunye neqela labantu kwi-Apple" ulungile. Kodwa impendulo yinkimbinkimbi kwaye inomdla kunoko. Kungenxa yokuba i-iPod, njengamanyathelo amaninzi, ilandelwe ngamanye, izixhobo ezifanayo-kubandakanywa nasemva kwee-1970 zase-England.
Ngubani owafaka iPod kwi-Apple
I-Apple ayizange iqulunqe imbono yomdlali wesixhobo somculo we-digital ongayifumana ephaketheni lakho. Enyanisweni, i-iPod yayikude nomdlali wokuqala we-MP3 ophathekayo. Inani leenkampani-kuquka iDamond, Creative Labs, kunye no-Sony-babethengisa abadlali babo be-MP3 kwiminyaka embalwa ngaphambi kokuba i-iPod iqale ngo-Oktobha 2001.
Ngethuba kwakukho ii-MP3 abadlali phambi kwe-iPod, akukho namnye kubo owayedlala kakhulu. Oku bekukho ngenxa yexabiso kunye neempawu. Umzekelo, i-Creative Labs ka-1999 uNomad yayinememori engu-32 MB (ayiyi-GB! Loo 32 MB yanele ngokwaneleyo malunga ne- 1 okanye ii-CD kumgangatho ophantsi womsindo) kwaye ixabise i-US $ 429.
Ngaphandle koko, imakethe yomculo wedijithali yayingumntwana omdala. Ngowe-2001, kwakungekho iThengi yeTunes kodwa, akukho nezinye izitolo zokulanda ezifana neMusic , kwaye iNapster yayiselungileyo. Ingxenye yeso sokuba i-iPod iphumelele kukuba yayiyimveliso yokuqala ukwenza inkqubo yokulayisha nokuphulaphula umculo ngokulula kwaye uyonwabele.
Iqela e-Apple eliyilwe kwaye lazisa i-iPod yasekuqaleni ngo-Oktobha 2001 yayisebenza kuyo malunga nonyaka. Eli qela lalingu:
- UJon Rubinstein- ngelo xesha, i-Apple eyintloko yongameli we-engineering hardware. Ngoku sele ebhodini labalawuli be-chipmaker Qualcomm ne-Amazon
- UJonathan Uveve emva kokuncedisa i-iMac yasekuqaleni kunye ne-iPod, ngoku igosa eliyiNtloko ye-Design kwi-Apple
- UTony Fadell- unjineli waza wenyuka umongameli we-iPod. Inkampani ayenayo emva kokushiya i-Apple, iNest, yathengwa ngu-Google nge-$ 3.2 yezigidigidi ngoJan. 2014
- UMichael Dhuey- unjiniyela we-Apple. Ngoku usebenza kwiCisco Systems
- U-Tim Wasko- umyili we-designer ku-Apple
- Steve Jobs- Umququzeleli we-Apple kunye CEO yenkampani ngelo xesha. Wayejongisa iphrojekthi yePod. Wafa ngo-2011 .
Indlela i-iPad enegama layo
Ngaba uyayazi ukuba umntu onike iPod igama layo wayengelona umsebenzi we-Apple? UWinnie Chieco, umgcini we-copywriter ozimele, waphakamisa igama elithi iPod ngenxa yokuba waphefumulelwa ngumgca kwi-movie ka-2001 "Vula umnyango we-pod bay, HAL."
Ezinye iiNkampani eziye zanceda ukufaka iPod
I-Apple isoloko isakha i-hardware yayo kunye neprosoftware ngokupheleleyo ngaphakathi kwendlu kwaye ayifumaneki kunye namaqumrhu angaphandle. Kwakungenjalo kwimeko yophuhliso lwe-iPod.
I-iPod isekelwe kwiplani yesetyenziswe yinkampani ebizwa ngokuba yi-PortalPlayer (eye yafunyanwa yiNVIDIA). I-PortalPlayer yenze idivaysi yombonakalo usebenzisa inkqubo yokusebenza efakwe kwi-iPod.
I-Apple iyaziwa kakhulu kwaye ihlonishwa ngenxa yeendlela zayo ezilula, ezinemvelaphi yomsebenzisi, kodwa i-Apple ayizange iqulunqe ngokupheleleyo i-iPod interface yokuqala. Esikhundleni saloo nto, ivumelwano kunye nenkampani ebizwa ngokuba nguPixo (ngoku iyingxenye ye-Sun Microsystems) kwisiseko sokubambisana. I-Apple kamva yandisa kuyo.
Kodwa Ngubani Owe wavula iPod?
Njengoko kuphawuliwe ngaphambili, i-Apple yayikude nekampani yokuqala ukuthengisa isidlali somculo we-digital. Kodwa ngaba ukholelwa ukuba imbono engundoqo ye-iPod yaqalwa eNgilani ngo-1979?
U-Kane Kramer, umvelisi waseBrithani, wavelisa kwaye wenza i-patent ingcamango yomdlali womculo wedijithali weplastiki ngowe-1979. Nangona wayephethe ilungelo lobunikazi ixesha elithile, wayengenakukwazi ukuhlaziya i-patent emhlabeni jikelele. Ngenxa yokuba ilungelo lobunikazi liphelelwe lixesha le-MP3 abadlali beli shishini elikhulu, akazange enze imali evela kwingcamango yakhe yokuqala xa iqala ukubonakalisa kwipokethi yomntu wonke kuma-2000.
Ngoxa i-Kramer ayizange izuze ngokuzenzekelayo kwintsebenzo yakhe, i-Apple yamkela indima yeKramer ekuqaliseni i-iPod njengenxalenye yokuzikhusela kwayo kumthetho we-patent ngo-2008.