Amaya Toman Ambiri aife pakadali pano tili ndi iPad yokhazikika ngati piritsi yopambana komanso yogwira ntchito bwino kuchokera ku Apple. Panthawi yomwe Steve Jobs adamuwonetsa kudziko lapansi, tsogolo lake linali losatsimikizika. Anthu ambiri amakayikira kupambana kwa piritsi la apulo, kunyoza ndi kuyerekeza ndi mankhwala aukhondo akazi chifukwa cha dzina. Koma kukayikira kunatenga nthawi yochepa - iPad mwamsanga inagonjetsa mitima ya akatswiri ndi anthu.
Zithunzi
"Panali malamulo omaliza omwe adayankhidwa motere," iye sanawope fanizo la Baibulo pamenepo Wall Street Journal. IPad posakhalitsa idakhala chinthu chogulitsidwa kwambiri cha Apple kuposa kale lonse. Ngakhale idatulutsidwa pambuyo poti iPhone yoyamba idabwera padziko lapansi, inali patsogolo pa foni yamakono pankhani ya kafukufuku ndi chitukuko. Mtundu wa iPad unayamba mu 2004, pomwe Apple idayesa kukonza ukadaulo wake wa multitouch, womwe pamapeto pake udayamba ndi iPhone yoyamba.
Steve Jobs wakhala akukopeka ndi mapiritsi kwa nthawi yayitali. Anawakonda kwambiri chifukwa cha kuphweka kwawo, zomwe Ntchito zinabweretsa pafupi ndi ungwiro ndi iPad mogwirizana ndi Jony Ive. Jobs adawona kudzoza koyamba kwa piritsi lamtsogolo la Apple mu chipangizo chotchedwa Dynabook. Linali lingaliro lamtsogolo lomwe linapangidwa mu 1968 ndi injiniya wochokera ku Xerox PARC, Alan Kay, yemwenso ankagwira ntchito ku Apple kwa kanthawi.
Poyamba, komabe, sizikuwoneka kuti Jobs anali ndi zolinga kumbali iyi. "Tilibe malingaliro opangira piritsi," Adanenanso motsimikiza poyankhulana ndi Walt Mossberg mu 2003. "Zikuwoneka ngati anthu akufuna makibodi. Matabuleti amakopa anyamata olemera okhala ndi makompyuta ndi zida zina zambiri,” anawonjezera. Lingaliro lakuti Jobs si wokonda mapiritsi linalimbikitsidwanso ndi mfundo yakuti imodzi mwa njira zoyamba zomwe adachita atabwerera ku Apple mu theka lachiwiri la zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi ndikuyika Newton MessagePad pamasewera. Koma zenizeni zinali zosiyana kotheratu.
Kubadwa kwa iPad
Mu Marichi 2004, Apple idapereka chilolezo cha "chipangizo chamagetsi" chofanana ndi iPad yamtsogolo. Kusiyana kokha kunali kuti chipangizo chomwe chikuwonetsedwa mu pulogalamuyi chinali ndi mawonekedwe ang'onoang'ono. Steve Jobs ndi Jony Ive adalembedwa kuti ndi omwe adayambitsa chipangizocho.
Patangopita nthawi pang'ono kuti iPad idawona kuwala kwa tsiku, panali njira inanso pamasewerawa - mu 2008, oyang'anira Apple adaganizira mwachidule kuthekera kopanga ma netbook. Koma lingaliro ili linasesedwa patebulo ndi Jobs mwiniwake, amene netbooks ankaimira osati apamwamba kwambiri, hardware zotsika mtengo. Jony Ive adawonetsa mkanganowo kuti piritsilo likhoza kuyimira chipangizo chapamwamba chapamwamba pamtengo wofanana.
Koyamba
Posakhalitsa chigamulo chomaliza chinapangidwa, Apple idayamba kusewera ndi ma prototypes angapo a iPad. Kampaniyo idapanga malingaliro angapo osiyanasiyana, amodzi omwe anali ndi zida zapulasitiki. Apple pang'onopang'ono idayesa kukula kwake kosiyanasiyana, ndipo oyang'anira kampaniyo posakhalitsa adazindikira kuti cholinga chake chinali mtundu wina wa kukhudza kwa iPod wokhala ndi chiwonetsero chachikulu. "Ndizokonda kwambiri kuposa laputopu," Jobs adanena za iPad pamene idayambitsidwa pa Januware 27, 2010.
IPad yoyamba inali ndi miyeso ya 243 x 190 x 13 mm ndipo inkalemera 680g (Wi-Fi zosiyanasiyana) kapena 730g (Wi-Fi + Cellular). Chiwonetsero chake cha 9,7-inch chinali ndi 1024 x 768p. Ogwiritsa anali ndi kusankha kwa 16, 32 ndi 64GB yosungirako. IPad yoyamba inali ndi mawonedwe ambiri, kuyandikira ndi masensa owala ozungulira, accelerometer atatu-axis kapena mwina kampasi ya digito. Apple idayamba kuvomera kuyitanitsa pa Marichi 12, mtundu wa Wi-Fi udayamba kugulitsidwa pa Epulo 3, ndipo mtundu wa 3G wamashelefu oyamba a iPad kumapeto kwa Epulo.
