Zaj dab neeg yuav kawg ntawm Apple, tab sis Pib xyoo 1970s
Thaum ib qho khoom ua nrov nrov thiab ntiaj teb-hloov li iPod, cov neeg xav teb lo lus nug "leej twg tau tsim lub iPod?"
Yog hais tias koj guessed cov lus teb yog "Steve Jobs thiab ib Rev of folks ntawm Apple" koj feem ntau yog txoj cai. Tab sis cov lus teb tseem yog ntau txoj thiab nthuav dua li ntawd. Tias vim tias lub iPod, zoo li feem ntau cov khoom tsim, yog dhau los ntawm lwm yam, zoo li kev tsim ua-xws li nyob deb li xyoo 1970.
Leej twg thiaj li tau tsim lub iPod ntawm Apple
Kua tsis tau tsim lub tswv yim ntawm cov tshuab ntaus suab paj nruag uas haum rau hauv koj lub hnab ris. Qhov tseeb, lub iPod tau deb ntawm tus thawj portable MP3 player. Muaj ntau lub tuam txhab-xws li pob zeb Diamond, Creative Labs, thiab Sony-tau muag lawv cov MP3 players rau ob peb xyoos ua ntej lub iPod tau pib thaum Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj 2001.
Thaum muaj MP3 players ua ntej lub iPod, tsis muaj leej twg tau ua hits loj. Qhov no yog ib nrab vim nqi thiab nta. Piv txwv li, xyoo 1999 Cov Kev Tshawb Fawb Nomad tau muaj 32 MB ntawm kev nco (Tsis yog GB! Cov 32 MB muaj txaus rau li 1 lossis 2 CDs thaum tsis muaj suab nrov zoo) thiab them US $ 429.
Tshaj ntawd, lub digital music lag luam yog zoo nkauj tsis paub tab. Nyob rau hauv 2001, muaj tsis muaj iTunes khw tsis tau, tsis muaj lwm cov khw muag khoom xws li eMusic , thiab Napster tseem zoo nkauj tshiab. Ib feem ntawm vim li cas lub tuam txhab tau ua tiav tau zoo yog tias nws yog thawj cov khoom ua tiag tiag los ua cov txheej txheem kev ntsaws thiab mloog cov suab paj nruag yooj yim thiab zoo siab.
Pab neeg los ntawm kua uas tsim thiab pib iPod thawj xyoo thaum Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj 2001 tau ua hauj lwm rau nws txog ib xyoos. Pab pawg ntawd yog:
- Jon Rubinstein- thaum lub sij hawm, Kua tus laus tus lwm thawj ntawm kev kho vajtse engineering. Nws yog tam sim no nyob rau hauv lub rooj tsavxwm ntawm cov thawj coj ntawm chipmaker Qualcomm thiab Amazon
- Jonathan Ive- tom qab pab tsim thawj iMac thiab iPod, nws yog Chief Design Officer ntawm Apple
- Tony Fadell - tus engineer thiab ces senior tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm qhov iPod division. Lub tuam txhab nws nrhiav tau tom qab tawm hauv Apple, Zes, tau yuav los ntawm Google rau $ 3.2 nphom hauv Jan. 2014
- Michael Dhuey - tus engineer ntawm Apple. Nws tam sim no ua haujlwm ntawm Cisco Systems
- Tim Wasko- tus qauv tsim qauv ntawm Apple
- Steve Jobs- Co-founder ntawm Kua thiab lub tuam txhab CEO yog lub sij hawm. Nws saib xyuas qhov project iPod. Nws tuag nyob hauv 2011 .
Lub iPad tau txais nws lub npe li cas
Koj puas paub tias tus neeg uas muab lub npe iPod nws tsis yog txawm tias Apple cov neeg ua haujlwm? Vinnie Chieco, ib tus kws tshaj lij hu ua, tau pom tias lub npe iPod vim nws tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm kab nyob rau hauv cov yeeb yam 2001 "Qhib lub qhov rooj ploj, HAL."
Lwm Lub Lag Luam Uas Pab Toog Tseg rau iPod
Apple feem ntau ua nws cov kho vajtse thiab software nkaus hauv tsev thiab tsis tshua muaj npe nrog cov tuam txhab sab nrauv. Uas tsis yog cov ntaub ntawv thaum lub sij hawm tsim cov iPod.
Lub iPod yog tsim raws li tus qauv tsim los ntawm lub tuam txhab hu ua PortalPlayer (uas yog txij thaum tau los ntawm NVIDIA). PortalPlayer tau tsim ib tsab ntawv pov thawj uas siv lub lag luam tso ua ke zoo li lub iPod.
Kua yog dav paub thiab respected rau nws yooj yim, intuitive neeg siv interfaces, tab sis kua tsis tag ua tus thawj iPod interface. Es tsis txhob, nws muaj ntawv cog lus nrog lub tuam txhab hu ua Pixo (tam sim no ib feem ntawm Sun Microsystems) rau qhov kev tshawb nrhiav. Kua tom qab nthuav dav rau nws.
Tab sis Leej Twg Tiag Yeej Ua Dabtsi?
Raws li tau sau tseg, Apple yog deb ntawm thawj lub tuam txhab muag cov tshuab ntaus suab paj nruag. Tab sis koj puas ntseeg hais tias cov tswv yim yooj yim rau iPod tau tsim hauv teb chaws Askiv hauv xyoo 1979?
Kane Kramer, tus kws tsim dua British, tsim thiab patent lub tswv yim ntawm cov khoom txawb nqa, cov yas suab paj nruag neeg ua si hauv xyoo 1979. Txawm tias nws tuav lub patent rau ib ntus, nws tsis tuaj yeem rov qab ua kom thoob ntiaj teb daim ntawv tso cai ntawm nws lub tswv yim. Vim hais tias tus patent tau dhau los ntawm lub sij hawm MP3 players los ua lag luam loj, nws tsis ua nyiaj los ntawm nws lub tswv yim thaum nws pib qhia nyob rau hauv txhua tus lub hnab tshos hauv lub 2000s.
Thaum Kramer tsis ncaj qha los ntawm nws tus kheej invention, Apple tau lees paub Kramer lub luag hauj lwm hauv kev tsim lub iPod los ua ib feem ntawm nws cov kev tiv thaiv tawm tsam patent plaub nyob rau hauv 2008.