Amaya Toman Musi waKubvumbi 9, 2007, Apple yakasvika padanho repamusoro muchimiro chemamiriyoni zana ePods akatengeswa. Izvi zvakaitika makore angangoita mashanu nehafu mushure mekunge mutambi wemimhanzi weApple atanga kurova masherufu ezvitoro. Iyo iPod saka yakava chigadzirwa chakakurumbira chekambani yeCupertino munguva yayo. Iyo rekodhi yakawanikwa ingangoita chinguva iPhone yekutanga isati yaunzwa pasirese.
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Panguva iyoyo, Apple yakanga yaburitsa mhando dzeiPod dzinodarika gumi - shanu dzeiPod classics, maviri iPod minis, maviri iPod nanos uye maviri iPod shuffles. Pamwe chete nePod, kwaibva mari (kwete chete) yeApple yaivewo zvishongedzo, izvo zvakagadzira hofori system, inodarika zviuru zvina zvemidziyo - kutanga nemakesi akasiyana uye mavhavha uye kupera nevatauri vakasiyana. Mamwe mamiriro akaitawo basa mukutorwa kukuru kweiPod - semuenzaniso, muna 2007 ingangoita 70% yemotokari dzakagadzirwa muUnited States dzakapa kubatana nemutambi.
Kubudirira kukuru kweiPod, pamwe chete nemabatiro ayakahwina iTunes Music Store, yakatendesa nyika yese kuti kupinda kweApple munyika yeindasitiri yemimhanzi kwaisave kukanganisa. Panguva iyoyo, iyo iTunes Music Store yaive yechitatu yakakura mimhanzi chitoro muUnited States - budiriro yezviyero zvekuti vashoma vaigona kuve vakabatana neApple makore gumi apfuura.
"Pachiitiko chechiitiko chenhoroondo iyi, tinoda kutenda vese vatsigiri vemimhanzi nekuita kuti iPod ibudirire zvinoshamisa," akadaro Steve Jobs. chirevo chepamutemo. "iPod yakabatsira mamiriyoni evanhu pasi rose kumutsiridza chido chavo chemimhanzi, uye tinofara kuva chikamu cheizvi," akawedzera.
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Mhemberero yemamiriyoni zana ePods akatengeswa zvakare aisakwanisa kuita pasina vanozivikanwa kwete chete kubva kunyika yemimhanzi. Havana kusiyawo mazwi ekurumbidza. Muimbi Mary J. Blige, somuenzaniso, akareurura mumashoko epepanhau kuti haayeuki chaizvoizvo zvaakaita “pamberi peiPod,” achidana kuti “kupfuura kungova mutambi wemimhanzi.” "Kuwedzera kwehunhu hwako uye nzira yakanaka yekutora mimhanzi yaunofarira newe chero kwaunoenda."
John Mayer, muimbi, munyori wenziyo uye muhwina weGrammy Award, akataura nenzira kwayo kuti pasina iPod, nguva yedhijitari yemimhanzi ingadai yakatsanangurwa nemafaira nemaforodha panzvimbo yenziyo uye maalbum, achiwedzera kuti kunyangwe mimhanzi midhiya yakachinja, iPod yakachengeta. mweya wechokwadi werudo uri mupenyu kune mimhanzi.
Semuyenzaniso, Lance Armstrong, akahwina akawanda mujaho weTour de France, akabatana nemaeulogies paiPod. Nekuda kwekuchinja, akati kwese kwaanoenda, haasi asina shangu dzekumhanya chete, asiwo asina iPod yake. “Ndinoteerera mimhanzi ndichimhanya. Kuva nemimhanzi yako newe kunokurudzira,” akadaro.
Asi iPod yakanga isiri iyo chete chikonzero chekupemberera. Yakapa kubatanidzwa ne iTunes 2007 muna 7. Panguva iyoyo, iTunes Store yaimiririra bhuku guru pasi rose, richipa nziyo dzinopfuura mamiriyoni mashanu, 350 TV inoratidza uye anopfuura mazana mana mafirimu. Muhurongwa hwayo, zvakakwanisika kutengesa nziyo dzinopfuura mabhiriyoni 2,5, 50 mamiriyoni eTV uye mafirimu anopfuura mamiriyoni 1,3.
Nekuuya kwe iPhone, inokwanisa kuridza mimhanzi, pakanga paine kutama kwechikamu chevashandisi uye iPod yakanga isisiri kubudirira, asi Apple zvechokwadi yakanga isina chekunyunyuta pamusoro. Kwaari, kupera zvishoma nezvishoma kwenguva yakabudirira yeiPod kwaireva chimwe chinhu kunze kwekubudirira kwekutanga kwenguva yakasiyana zvachose.
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