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Kudzoka kwaSteve Jobs kuApple mukati mehafu yechipiri yemakumi mapfumbamwe kwaive kwakakosha munzira dzakawanda, uye kwakaunzawo shanduko zhinji. Idzi shanduko dzaisanganisira, pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, Mabasa achifunga kuisa iyo Newton chigadzirwa mutsara pakubata zvachose. Izvi zvakaitika nguva pfupi yapfuura mushure mechikamu chese, chakanyanya mumaapuro PDAs, akaverengerwa pakukura nguva dzose uye zvishoma nezvishoma shanduko yeramangwana kuita yakazvimirira unit.

Apple yakatanga yayo Newton personal digital assistants (PDAs) mu1993, apo Mabasa aive kunze kwekambani mushure mekurasikirwa nebhodhi kurwa nemukuru mukuru John Sculley. Newton yakanga iri mberi kwenguva yayo uye yakapa huwandu hwezvinhu zvekuchinja zvinosanganisira kuzivikanwa kwekunyora uye humwe hunyanzvi hwepamusoro. Uyezve, iyi mutsara wechigadzirwa wakaonekwa panguva iyo kufamba kwemidziyo yemagetsi kwaisava chinhu chakajairika.

Nehurombo, mavhezheni ekutanga eNewton haana kuunza mhedzisiro yaitarisirwa naApple, izvo zvakakanganisa mukurumbira weApple. Nekudaro, mukati mehafu yekutanga ye90s, Apple yakakwanisa kubvisa akawanda ematambudziko ekutanga eichi chigadzirwa mutsara. Pakati pezvimwe zvinhu, iyo NewtonOS 2.0 inoshanda sisitimu yakakonzera izvi, iyo yakakwanisa kugadzirisa akati wandei matambudziko nebasa rerunyoro rekucherekedza iro rakatambudza mhando dzekare dzeNewton product line.

Iyo Kurume 2000 Newton MessagePad 1997 yaive yakanakisa Newton parizvino uye yakagamuchirwa noushamwari nevashandisi uye nyanzvi zvakafanana. Kuzvitevera, Apple yakagadzira hurongwa hwekugadzira yayo Newton division. Yakanga ichitungamirwa naSandy Bennett, aimbova mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weNewton Systems Group. Aive Bennett akazivisa kutanga kwaNyamavhuvhu 1997 kuti Newton Inc. ichave "yakasununguka zvachose kubva kuApple". Iine bhodhi rayo rakasiyana revatungamiriri uye chiratidzo chekambani, danho rekupedzisira raive rekutsvaga CEO uye kutamira kumahofisi matsva muSanta Clara, California. Chinangwa cheiyo yakaparadzana Newton brand yaive yehunyanzvi muPDAs pamwe nekuvandudzwa kwehunyanzvi hutsva hwakakodzera. Nhengo dzeNewton division dzakatarisira ramangwana rakajeka kune iri kuuya yakazvimirira mhando, asi mumwe anofunga, uye anodzoka Steve Jobs anochinja.

Panguva iyo zvirongwa zvaiitwa kuti zvibve muchikamu cheNewton, Apple yanga isiri kunyatsoita zvakanakisa kaviri. Asi mukurumbira wePDAs wakatangawo kudzikira, uye kunyangwe pazvaita sekuti Newton yaizomira kureva kurasikirwa kweApple, hapana akafunga kuti zvishandiso zverudzi urwu zvinovimbisa munguva refu. Munguva yekubata kwake kambani, aimbove CEO weApple Gil Amelio akaedza kutengesa tekinoroji pane zvakachipa kune yega yega brand kubva Samsung kuenda kuSony. Munhu wese paakaramba, Apple yakafunga kuruka Newton sebhizinesi rayo. Vanenge 130 vashandi veApple vakaendeswa kukambani itsva.

Zvisinei, Steve Jobs haana kubvumirana nehurongwa hwekuita Newton kutanga kwake. Akanga asina hukama hwemunhu neNewton brand uye haana kuona chikonzero chekushandisa vashandi kutsigira chigadzirwa chaitengesa chete 4,5 kusvika ku150 zvikamu mumakore 000 pamasherufu. Kune rimwe divi, kutarisisa kwaMabasa kwakabatwa neMate 300 nedhizaini yayo yakatenderedzwa, kuratidzwa kwemavara uye yakabatanidzwa hardware keyboard, yaive mhando yechiratidzo cheramangwana rakabudirira zvakanyanya iBook.

Iyo eMate 300 modhi yakatanga kuitirwa musika wekudzidzisa uye yaive imwe yezvakasarudzika zvigadzirwa zveApple panguva iyoyo. Mazuva mashanu mushure mokunge Mabasa audza vatungamiri veNewton kuti vasanetseka kutamira kumahofisi matsva, akataurawo kuti Apple yaizodhonza mutsara wechigadzirwa pasi pebhanhire rayo uye inotarisa pakuvandudza nekugadzirwa kweMate 300. Pakutanga kwegore rinotevera, Jobs akaudza Newton yake yekupedzisira. zvakanaka, uye kuedza kuApple kwakatanga kutarisa nezvekuvandudzwa kwemakomputa.

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