Amaya Toman Pa Epulo 9, 2007, Apple idafika pachimake ngati ma iPod miliyoni miliyoni ogulitsidwa. Izi zidachitika pafupifupi zaka zisanu ndi theka pambuyo poti wosewera nyimbo wa Apple adagunda mashelufu am'sitolo. Chifukwa chake iPod idakhala chinthu chodziwika kwambiri pakampani ya Cupertino munthawi yake. Mbiriyi idakwaniritsidwa kwakanthawi pomwe iPhone yoyamba idayambitsidwa padziko lonse lapansi.
Kupambana mosayembekezeka
Panthawiyo, Apple inali itatulutsa mitundu yoposa khumi ya iPod - ma iPod classics asanu, ma iPod minis awiri, ma iPod nanos awiri ndi ma iPod shuffles awiri. Pamodzi ndi iPod, gwero la ndalama (osati) la Apple linalinso zowonjezera, zomwe zinapanga dongosolo lalikulu, lokhala ndi zowonjezera zoposa zikwi zinayi - kuyambira ndi milandu yosiyanasiyana ndi zophimba ndikutha ndi oyankhula osiyana. Zinthu zina zidathandiziranso kukhazikitsidwa kwakukulu kwa iPod - mwachitsanzo, mu 2007 pafupifupi 70% yamagalimoto opangidwa ku United States adapereka kulumikizana ndi osewera.
Kupambana kwakukulu kwa iPod, komanso momwe idapezera iTunes Music Store, zidatsimikizira dziko lonse lapansi kuti kulowa kwa Apple padziko lonse lapansi sikunali kolakwika. Panthawiyo, iTunes Music Store inali sitolo yachitatu yaikulu kwambiri ya nyimbo ku United States - kupambana kwakukulu kotero kuti ochepa akanatha kugwirizana ndi Apple zaka khumi zapitazo.
Steve Jobs adati: mawu ovomerezeka. "IPod yathandiza anthu mamiliyoni ambiri padziko lonse lapansi kuti ayambitsenso kukonda nyimbo, ndipo ndife okondwa kukhala nawo," adatero.
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Anthu otchuka, malonda ndi ziwerengero zazikulu
Chikondwerero cha ma iPods miliyoni miliyoni omwe adagulitsidwa sakanatha kuchita popanda otchuka osati ochokera kudziko lanyimbo. Nawonso sanasiye mawu otamanda. Mwachitsanzo, woimba nyimbo Mary J. Blige anaulula m’mawu ake atolankhani kuti sakumbukira kwenikweni zimene anachita “pamaso pa iPod,” akumatchula kuti “zochuluka kuposa kungoimbira nyimbo.” "Ndiwowonjezera umunthu wanu komanso njira yabwino yotengera nyimbo zomwe mumakonda kulikonse komwe mukupita."
John Mayer, woimba, wolemba nyimbo ndi wopambana wa Grammy Award, adanena momveka bwino kuti popanda iPod, nthawi ya digito ya nyimbo ikadatanthauzidwa ndi mafayilo ndi zikwatu m'malo mwa nyimbo ndi ma Albums, ndikuwonjezera kuti ngakhale nyimbo za nyimbo zasintha, iPod yasunga. mzimu weniweni wa chikondi wamoyo kwa nyimbo.
Mwachitsanzo, Lance Armstrong, wopambana maulendo angapo pa mpikisano wa Tour de France, adalowa nawo ma eulogies pa iPod. Kuti asinthe, adanena kuti kulikonse kumene amapita, sakhala opanda nsapato zake zothamanga, komanso alibe iPod yake. “Ndimamvetsera nyimbo ndikamathamanga. Kukhala ndi nyimbo ndi inu kumakulimbikitsani, "adatero.
Koma iPod sinali chifukwa chokha chosangalalira. Zinapereka kusakanikirana ndi iTunes 2007 mu 7. Panthawiyo, iTunes Store inkayimira mndandanda waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, womwe umapereka nyimbo zoposa mamiliyoni asanu, ma TV 350 ndi mafilimu oposa mazana anayi. M'makonzedwe ake, zinali zotheka kugulitsa nyimbo zoposa 2,5 biliyoni, ma TV 50 miliyoni ndi mafilimu oposa 1,3 miliyoni.
Ndi kubwera kwa iPhone, wokhoza kuimba nyimbo, panali kusamuka pang'ono kwa ogwiritsira ntchito ndipo iPod sinalinso yopambana, koma Apple ndithudi analibe chodandaula. Kwa iye, kutha kwapang'onopang'ono kwa nthawi yopambana ya iPod sikunatanthauze china koma chiyambi chabwino cha nyengo yosiyana.
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