Namuhla uSteve Jobs wethule i-iPhone eminyakeni eyisithupha eyedlule

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uW-E496FXg

Kuhlala kushiwo ukuthi "isikhathi sihamba kanjani." Yebo yebo, noma ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi kuka sekudlule iminyaka eyisithupha uSteve Jobs ethule i-iPhone yokuqala, leyo foni okungekho muntu obheja noma yini futhi eyethulwe ngaphandle kwempahla yayo eyinhloko njengamanje: i-App Store.

Kuleyo minyaka eyisithupha, sesithole ingqikithi ye- amamodeli we-iPhone ayisithupha, wonke azungezwe impikiswano kodwa lokho kugcine kube yimpumelelo kwezentengiso. Kuyiqiniso ukuthi inzuzo ngaphezu komncintiswano owawukhona eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule manje ayikho ngokuphelele noma ngiyaqunga ngisho nokusho ukuthi i-Apple isilele emuva ezicini eziningi (ikakhulukazi isoftware), noma kunjalo, ingqikithi yokuqala ye-iPhone isekhona futhi ayikashintshi iota eyodwa.

Imodeli yokuqala ye-iPhone, naphezu kokulinganiselwa kwayo, Ishintshe umhlaba wezingcingo kungakhathalekile ukuthi ungubani. Izingcingo ezazisemakethe ngaleso sikhathi zazingahlangene nakancane nocingo luka-Apple kanti ngenkathi kunezimpawu ezithile ezivela kwezinye izinkampani ezazifana ne-iPhone, ayikho inkampani eyaba nesibindi sokwethula isiphakamiso esifanayo.

Into egqame kakhulu nge-iPhone ngaleso sikhathi kwakuyisikrini. Lawo makhono angama-intshi ama-3,5-intshi, angasebenzisi isitayela nokuthinta okuningi ayithande kuwo wonke umuntu owazamayo. Ngokuqondile namuhla, ukuvela kwezobuchwepheshe nezimakethe kuphoqe i-Apple ukuthi inyuse usayizi wesibonisi sibe ngamasentimitha amane esimweni se-iPhone 5 nesizukulwane sesihlanu i-iPod Touch.

Yonke enye i-hardware ibilokhu ithuthuka ngesizukulwane ngasinye. Unyaka nonyaka sibe nokuthuthuka kokucubungula, i-GPU, ikhamera, i-RAM,… woza, okuhlale kwenzeka ezweni lobuchwepheshe. Ukusebenza okusha nakho kungezwe eminyakeni edlule. Ukufika kokuxhumeka kwe-3G futhi manje kwe-LTE, ukufakwa kwe-gyroscope, ikhampasi, isixhumi esisha se-Lightning, ... Kube nokuvela okungaxakeki phakathi kwemodeli ye-iPhone nenye yize selokhu imiklamo ibilondolozeka phakathi kwezizukulwane, ukweqa bekuhlala kubonakala kukuncane uma kungenjalo.

Okungizwisa ubuhlungu obukhulu kule minyaka eyisithupha yi isifiso sokushushisa i-Apple esinaso ngeJailbreak. Kuyaqondakala ukuthi bafuna ukuvikela ipulatifomu yabo kepha ngikholelwa ukuthi i-iOS neJailbreak bangaphila ndawonye futhi bazuze ngokuhlomulisana. Kwakungenxa yokuqhekeka kwejele okungenze ngathola i-iPod Touch yokuqala ngo-2007. Kwakuhlaba umxhwele ukuthi leyodivayisi enhle yayikwazi ukwenza ini. Khumbula ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi Bekungekho i-App Store ne-Apple, i-iPod Touch ibikulungele okungaphezu kokulalela umculo nokungena kwi-Intanethi.

Ngenhlanhla i-jailbreak ibilokhu ikhona njalo vula amandla angempela lawa madivayisi Yize i-Apple ibonakala ingathandi ukusivumela ukuthi sijabulele izinzuzo zayo eziningi njengoba ikwenza kube nzima kakhulu. Ngaphambi kokuba ukuxhashazwa kufike kungakapheli mizuzu ngemuva kokuvuselelwa, manje kuthatha izinyanga.

Lo nyaka uphinde waba unyaka we-iPhone kepha hhayi ngenxa yehardware yayo, kepha ngenxa yesoftware yayo. I-Apple kufanele ikhombise ukuthi isekhona, ukuthi iyona nkampani eyake yashintsha imakethe yamaselula. I-iOS idinga ngokuphuthumayo ukwengezwa kwemisebenzi ethile nokuxazululwa kwezinkinga sonke esizijwayele.

Yize kunamaphutha, kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi I-iPhone iseyifoni ethengiswa kakhulu kunazo zonke, i-App Store isitolo sohlelo lokusebenza esinenzuzo enkulu kunazo zonke laphaya namhlanje futhi uhlelo lwezinto eziphilayo olukhona kumadivayisi we-iOS alunalo olunye uhlobo lomkhiqizo.

Sizobona ukuthi yini isimanga u-Apple asibekele yona ngo-2013 esanda kuqala futhi esingabona kuyo ifayili le- I-iPhone 5S ne-iOS 7 enezici ezimangaza futhi.