Amaya Toman Munali 2004 pomwe Apple idatulutsa iPod mini yake Kasewero kakang'ono ka nyimbo kanabwera ndi mitundu isanu ndipo inali ndi 4GB yosungirako. IPod mini yoyamba inali ndi gudumu lakudina lodziwika bwino lomwe lili ndi mabatani owongolera komanso gudumu lopukutira logwira. Ngakhale kukula kwake kakang'ono, idapereka zinthu zabwino kwambiri ndipo mwachangu idakhala iPod yogulitsa kwambiri m'mbiri.
IPod inali njira yabwino kwambiri yosunthira mbali ya Apple panthawiyo, kuthandiza kuchotsa zokumbukira zosasangalatsa za zovuta zomwe kampaniyo idakumana nazo mzaka zoyambirira za m'ma 10. Patangotha chaka chimodzi kuchokera pamene idatulutsidwa, iPod mini inagulitsa mayunitsi okwana XNUMX miliyoni, ndipo ndalama za Apple zinayamba kukwera.
Izo zikhoza kukhala chidwi inu
Apple sinayesere kuchepetsa chilichonse ndi iPod mini. Cholinga chake chinali kutsimikizira kuti kuchepetsa kukula kwa chipangizocho sikuyenera kugwirizana ndi kudula kosasangalatsa kwa ntchito zina. IPod mini idachotsa mabatani akuthupi omwe ogwiritsa ntchito mwina adadziwa kuchokera ku iPod Classic ndikuwaphatikiza mu gudumu lodina. Mapangidwe apachiyambi a gawo ili la iPod mini anali, malinga ndi Steve Jobs, ukoma chifukwa cha kufunikira - kunalibe malo okwanira mabatani akuthupi pa chipangizo chochepetsera. "Koma titangoyesa, tinaganiza kuti, 'O Mulungu wanga! N’chifukwa chiyani sitinaganizirepo zimenezi poyamba?’”, iye anatero.
Mwa zina, iPod mini inalinso koyambirira kwa wopanga wamkulu wa Apple Jony Ive ndi aluminiyamu. Ive sanafune kusiya mtundu wa iPod mini, koma adayika wosewera mpira mu chassis ya aluminiyamu, yopangidwa mothandizidwa ndi anodizing. Gulu la Ive lagwiritsa ntchito kale zitsulo muzogulitsa zake m'mbuyomu - inali Titanium PowerBook G4. Momwemonso, kompyuta idagunda kwambiri, koma zinthuzo zidakhala zovuta komanso zosavuta kukwapula ndi zolemba zala, kotero zidayenera kupatsidwa malaya ena. Zitachitika izi, gulu lopanga mapangidwe lidaganiza zogwiritsa ntchito aluminiyamu pa iPod mini, zomwe zidawasangalatsa ndi kupepuka kwake komanso mphamvu zake. Sizinatenge nthawi, ndipo aluminiyumu adapezanso njira yopita kuzinthu zina za Apple, monga MacBooks ndi iMacs.
Zithunzi
IPod mini idalengezanso kuti Apple ikufuna kukhala olimba. Anthu ankakonda nyimbo yaing’onoyo ndipo ankaigwiritsa ntchito pochita masewera olimbitsa thupi komanso pothamanga. Njira yogwiritsira ntchito iyi idalimbikitsidwanso ndi Apple m'malo otsatsa. The iPod mini inakhala yotchuka ngati chipangizo chomwe chimatha kuvala mwachindunji pathupi, ndipo panali ogwiritsa ntchito ambiri omwe adagula mini mini kuti agwiritse ntchito masewera kuwonjezera pa iPod yaikulu yomwe ilipo.
