Amaya Toman Mu Januware 2004, mtundu wa iPod udawonetsedwa ku CES ku Las Vegas, pomwe Apple idagwirizana ndi HP. Panthawiyo, Carly Fiorina wochokera ku Hewlett-Packard adawonetsa chithunzi cha buluu, chomwe chinali chodziwika bwino kwa zinthu za HP panthawiyo, kwa omwe analipo panthawi yowonetsera pa siteji. Koma wosewera mpira ataona kuwala kwa tsiku, adadzitamandira mofanana ndi mthunzi wa iPod.
Makampani a Apple ndi Hewlett-Packard akhala akugwirizanitsidwa m'njira kwa zaka zambiri. Ali wachinyamata, woyambitsa mnzake wa Apple Steve Jobs mwiniwake adakonza "brigade" yachilimwe ku Hewlett-Packard, woyambitsa mnzake Steve Wozniak nayenso adagwira ntchito pakampaniyo kwakanthawi, pomwe adapanga makompyuta a Apple-I ndi Apple II. . Ogwira ntchito ambiri atsopano ku Apple adalembedwanso kuchokera kwa omwe kale anali ogwira ntchito ku HP. Hewlett-Packard analinso mwini wake woyamba wa malo omwe Apple Park ili pano. Komabe, mgwirizano pakati pa Apple ndi HP motero unatenga nthawi.
Steve Jobs sanali wokonda kwambiri kupereka zilolezo zaukadaulo wa Apple, ndipo chimodzi mwazinthu zoyamba zomwe adachita m'ma 1990 atabwerera ku utsogoleri wa kampaniyo ndikuletsa makina a Mac. The HP iPod ndiye ndiye mlandu wokhawo wa chilolezo chovomerezeka chamtunduwu. M'nkhaniyi, Jobs adasiyanso chikhulupiriro chake choyambirira kuti asalole iTunes kuikidwa pamakompyuta ena kupatula ma Mac. Mbali ya mgwirizano pakati pa makampani awiri anali kuti kumene anamasulidwa HP Pavilion ndi Compaq Presario mndandanda makompyuta anabwera chisanadze anaika ndi iTunes - ena amati chinali kusuntha njira ndi Apple kuteteza HP kukhazikitsa Windows Media Store pa makompyuta ake.
Posakhalitsa HP iPod itatulutsidwa, Apple inayambitsa kusintha kwa iPod yake, ndipo HP iPod inataya chidwi chake. Steve Jobs adatsutsidwa m'malo angapo, pomwe adatsutsidwa kuti akugwiritsa ntchito HP kuti apindule ndikukonzekera mwanzeru kugawa mapulogalamu a Apple ndi ntchito kwa eni makompyuta omwe si a Apple.
Pamapeto pake, iPod yogawana idalephera kubweretsa ndalama zomwe HP amayembekezera, ndipo Hewlett-Packard adathetsa mgwirizano mu Julayi 2005-ngakhale adayika iTunes pamakompyuta ake mpaka Januware 2006.
Moni, muli ndi typo m'mawu akuti Hewlett-Packard. (Hawlett-Packard).
Zikomo, zokhazikika.