Labarin na iya ƙare a Apple, amma Ya fara a 1970s Ingila
Lokacin da samfurin ya zama sananne kuma canzawa duniya kamar iPod, mutane suna so su amsa tambaya "wanene ya ƙirƙiri iPod?"
Idan ka gane cewa amsar ita ce "Steve Jobs da kuma ƙungiyar ta Apple" kai ne mafi yawan dama. Amma amsar ita ce mafi hadari kuma mai ban sha'awa fiye da wannan. Wannan kuwa shine saboda iPod, kamar yawancin abubuwan kirkiro, an riga an gabatar da wasu, irin abubuwan kirkira-irin su har zuwa shekarun 1970s Ingila.
Wane ne ya samo iPod a Apple
Apple bai kirkiro ra'ayin wani dan wasan mai jarida ba wanda zai iya shiga cikin aljihu. A gaskiya ma, iPod ba ta da nisa daga na'urar ta MP3 šaukuwa ta farko. Kamfanoni masu yawa-ciki har da Diamond, Creative Labs, da kuma Sony-suna sayar da 'yan wasan su na' yan MP3 na 'yan shekaru kafin iPod ya ƙaddamar a watan Oktobar 2001.
Duk da yake akwai 'yan wasan MP3 kafin iPod, babu wani daga cikinsu da ya kasance babban hits. Wannan ya rabu saboda farashi da fasali. Alal misali, Samun Creative Labs Nomad yana da 32 MB na ƙwaƙwalwar ajiya (Ba GB! Wadannan 32 MB sun isa don kimanin 1 ko 2 CD a cikin low audio quality) da kuma kudin US $ 429.
Bayan haka, kasuwar kiɗa na dijital ba ta da kyau. A shekara ta 2001, ba'a da iTunes Store duk da haka, babu sauran saukewa kamar eMusic , kuma Napster ya kasance sabon sabo. Wani ɓangare na dalilin da ya sa iPod ya yi nasara shi ne samfurin farko don gaske aiwatar da kayan aiki da sauraran kiɗa mai sauƙi kuma mai dadi.
Ƙungiyar dake Apple wadda ta tsara da kuma kaddamar da iPod ta farko a watan Oktobar 2001 ta kasance aiki a kan kimanin shekara guda. Wannan ƙungiya ce:
- Jon Rubinstein- a lokacin, babban jami'in kamfanin Apple na injiniya. Ya yanzu a kan kwamiti na gudanarwa a Chipmaker Qualcomm da Amazon
- Jonathan Ive- bayan taimakawa wajen tsara zanen IMac da iPod, shi yanzu Babban Jami'in Hoto a Apple
- Tony Fadell- wani injiniya sannan kuma babban mataimakin shugaban kungiyar iPod. Kamfanin da ya kafa bayan ya bar Apple, Nest, ya sayo ta da dala biliyan 3.2 a Janairu 2014
- Michael Dhuey- injiniya a Apple. Yanzu yana aiki a Cisco Systems
- Tim Wasko- mai zane-zane mai ban sha'awa a Apple
- Steve Jobs- Co-kafa Apple kuma Kamfanin Shugaban kamfanin a lokacin. Ya lura da aikin iPod. Ya mutu a shekarar 2011 .
Yaya yadda iPad yake da sunansa?
Shin, kun san cewa mutumin da ya ba da sunan iPod ba ma ma'aikacin Apple ba ne? Vinnie Chieco, mai aikin kyauta na kwararru, ya nuna sunan iPod saboda an yi wahayi zuwa gare shi ta hanyar layin fim a 2001 "Bude kofa, HAL."
Wasu Kamfanoni da suka taimaka wajen samun iPod
Kamfanin Apple yakan gina kayan aiki da software gaba daya a gida kuma yana da alaka da kamfanonin waje. Wannan ba lamari ba ne a lokacin cigaban iPod.
Ipatin ta dogara ne akan wata maƙirar zane ta kamfanin da ake kira PortalPlayer (wanda ya samo asali daga NVIDIA). PortalPlayer ya kirkiro na'urar samfurin ta amfani da tsarin aiki wanda aka tsara kamar iPod.
Apple yana yadu sanannun kuma ya daraja shi don sauƙi, mai amfani mai amfani da shi, amma Apple bai tsara gaba ɗaya ba na farko na iPod. Maimakon haka, yayi kwangila tare da kamfanin da ake kira Pixo (yanzu ɓangare na Sun Microsystems) don ƙaddamarwa. Apple daga baya ya fadada shi.
Amma Wanda Yake Ƙarƙashin iPod?
Kamar yadda muka gani a baya, Apple ba da nisa daga kamfani na farko don sayar da na'urar kiɗa na dijital. Amma za ku gaskata cewa an kirkiro ainihin batun iPod a Ingila a 1979?
Kane Kramer, mai kirkire na Birtaniya, ya kirkiro da kuma tantancewa da ra'ayin wani dan jarida a dijital 1979. Ko da yake ya riƙe patent na dan lokaci, ba zai iya iya sake sabunta patent a kan ra'ayinsa ba. Domin alamar ta kare ta lokacin da 'yan wasan MP3 suka zama babban kasuwanci, bai sanya kudi daga ra'ayinsa na farko ba lokacin da ya fara nunawa cikin aljihu na kowa a cikin 2000s.
Duk da yake Kramer bai yi amfani da kwarewa ba, Apple ya amince da rawar Kramer na kirkiro iPod a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsaronta a kan karar da aka yi a 2008.