Kubonakala ngathi yinto ephuma kumboniso bhanyabhanya wobuntlola, kodwa iyinyani, ukuba siyakholelwa kwinto eyayichazwa yinjineli yakwa-Apple. Uchaze ngokucacileyo indlela yena kunye neqela elincinci labalingane eCupertino bancede urhulumente wase-US ukuba enze iiyunithi zokhuseleko. Iipods "ekhethekileyo kakhulu" kunye "nemfihlo ephezulu."
Oku kwenzeka kwixesha elidlulileyo 15 iminyaka. Kuyamangalisa ukucinga ukuba iintlola zaseMelika ziya kusebenza kunye ne-Apple kwiprojekthi eyimfihlo ephezulu. Ndingathanda ukwazi ukuba namhlanje iApple isebenzisana neMelika "uKhuseleko lweSizwe".
Kubonakala ngathi I-Apple isebenzisana norhulumente wase-United States kwi-iPod "eyimfihlo" elungisiweyo, njengoko ipapashwe yinjineli yesoftware ye-Apple uDavid Shayer kwi TidBits.
U-Shayer ubalisa ibali elinomdla kakhulu awadibana nalo ngo-2005. Uthi umlawuli wesofthiwe ye-iPod ye-Apple wamcela ukuba "ancede iinjineli ezimbini ezivela kwiSebe lezaMandla eUnited States ukwakha i-iPod ekhethekileyo." Iinjineli zazingabasebenzi ngokwenene Bechtel, inkampani enkulu yokhuselo yaseMelika.
Abantu abane kuphela e-Apple Babesazi ngeprojekthi ngelo xesha. Akukho namnye kubo osebenzela inkampani, kwaye kwakungekho mkhondo wamaxwebhu abhaliweyo. Lonke unxibelelwano lwenzeke emntwini, akukho imeyile, akukho maphepha.
Iqela lizimisele ukuguqula i-iPod ukurekhoda idatha kwi-hardware yangaphandle yesiko. Imfutshane yayikukuba kufuneka ijonge kwaye isebenze njenge-iPod eqhelekileyo, kwaye efihliweyo idatha eyongezelelweyo erekhodiweyo kwi-iPod hard drive ukuze ingabonwa.
Indima ephambili kaShayer kule projekthi yayikukujonga naluphi na uncedo olufunekayo kwiSebe lezaMandla le-Apple. Abasebenzi baseBechtel banikwe iofisi kwikomkhulu le-Apple, yaye kangangeenyanga eziliqela bafundiswa indlela yokuhamba nokutshintsha inkqubo yokusebenza ye-iPod eyayikho ngelo xesha.
Isixhobo esithile esilungisiweyo Yayisisizukulwana sesihlanu iPod, ekhethelwe i-casing yayo evulelekileyo kunye ne-60 GB drive enkulu. Kwakhona yayiyi-iPod yokugqibela apho i-Apple ayizange isayine inkqubo yokusebenza, ivumela ukuguqulwa kwesoftware lula.
U-Shayer akazange abone i-hardware eyongezelelweyo ngokwakhe, kodwa ukholelwa ukuba i-iPod yatshintshwa ukuze isebenze njenge "imfihlo Geiger counter«. Kuqikelelwa ukuba isixhobo esinjalo siya kuba luncedo kakhulu kwiSebe lezaMandla ekwenzeni imisebenzi efihlakeleyo ukuqokelela ubungqina be-radioactivity, kucingelwa ukuba kumazwe angaphandle, ukuze kudluliselwe ulwazi olufihlwe kwi-iPod.