Ngo-2012, ngicabanga ukuthi akusimina ngedwa ocabanga ukuthi i-Apple ayizange imangaze kakhulu ngokwethulwa kwe-iPhone 5. Ngaleso sikhathi bethula ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okwakuthi, ephepheni nokukhumbula amazwi kaSteve Wozniak, I-iPhone 4S enezinhlamvu ezingaphezulu komugqa. Okumangaze kakhulu ngoSepthemba 2012 kube ezinye izinto ezinjengee-EarPods ezinokuma kwazo okungekuzungezile kanye nesixhumi esincane kakhulu futhi esisebenza ngezindlela eziningi se-Lightning kune-pin engu-30 lapho i-Apple iqhubeke nohlelo lwayo. MFi noma Yenzelwe i-iPhone.
Ngikhumbule okungaphezulu ngenhla kwalowo mzuzu ka-2012 ngoba labo baseCupertino bazokwethula isixhumi esisha sesesekeli se-iPhone, i-iPad namanye amadivayisi we-Apple angasetshenziswa ngohlelo lwabo olusemthethweni lwe-Made for iPhone noma lwe-MFi. Isixhumi esisha sibizwa nge- "Ultra Accessory Connector" noma UAC (ngesifinyezo sayo esiNgisini "i-Ultra Accessory Connector"), lapho i-Apple isanda kukhipha ukubuka kuqala ukuze abathuthukisi bakwazi ukwenza izinto okuthi kwezinye izimo zizongena esikhundleni sezixhumi ze-Lightning ne-USB.
UAC, isixhumi esisha se-MFi lapho i-Apple isebenza khona
Ekuqaleni, obekuzotholakala kusetshenziswa isixhumi esisha se-UAC bekungaba isikhala, ngoba isixhumi esisha sizoba sincane kakhulu kune-Lightning esivele incane kune-USB-C ukuthi imikhiqizo eminingi encintisana nayo iyanda.
Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Apple ibalula ukuthi kungasetshenziswa isixhumi se-UAC, kokubili owesilisa nowesifazane izintambo zekhanda. Ngokubheka ukuthi i-iPhone 7 ithathe lesi sinyathelo futhi yanquma ukuqeda ichweba le-3.5mm, singasho ukuthi inhloso yalabo abavela eCupertino ukwamukela isimanga sokuxhuma esisha ngasikhathi sinye ukuthi iyeka ukwenza kanjalo: ngakolunye uhlangothi, uma sazi ukuthi ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okuphakanyiswe yilabo abavela eCupertino ukulalela umculo ngamahedfoni we-Bluetooth, isixhumi esisetshenziselwe lokhu ngeke sisebenze. Inkinga iza futhi, lapho sicabanga ngokuma, ngoba, ngokwesibonelo, noma ngubani othenge ihedsethi yoMbane ngo-2017 kuzofanele athenge i-adaptha futhi (asevele esebenza kuyo) ukuze akwazi ukuyisebenzisa kumadivayisi amasha, okuthile lokho, yize kunzima ukukuqaphela, akumangazi lutho nhlobo okuvela kwa-Apple.
Isixhumi se-UAC, esesivele sishilo ukuthi sizoba yingxenye yohlelo lwe-MFi, sikhombisa ukuthi i-Apple ilungiselela izinguquko, kodwa lezi zinguquko kungenzeka zingafiki iminyaka emibili kuya kwemithathu. Eqinisweni, u-Apple ukhulume ngemininingwane ye-MFi ye-Lightning ku-2014 futhi kuze kwaba sekupheleni kuka-2017 lapho sabona khona umsele we-iPhone 7 ethekwini lehedfoni ye-3.5mm.
Lonke lolu lwazi olumayelana ne-UAC luyamangalisa. Ngenkathi besanda kukhipha iMacBook enamachweba amane e-USB-C nokuba sematheni kwabezindaba ngokungasebenzisi ichweba elifanayo kumadivayisi we-iOS, abantu baseCupertino abagcinanga nje ngokusho ukuthi bazosebenzisa lelo chweba, kepha basitshela ngabo uhlela ukusebenzisa esinye isixhumi lapho, uma sesethuliwe, kuzoba okukhethekile kakhulu uma ikhebula kuneMbane. Konke engingakusho ngakho ngethemba lokuthi kufanelekile.
Ukudonsa zonke izintambo futhi… yeka lapho kushaqeka khona !!!