Pilipo Houska ʻO Tony Fadell, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i ka Nest Labs, i kūʻai ʻia e Google i ʻelua makahiki i hala, ua ninaninauia no VentureBeat i nīnauele ʻia e Dean Takashi, ʻo ka manaʻo nui i nā lā mua o ka mea hoʻokani mele iPod, i hoʻololi i ka ʻike o ka ʻoihana mele "portable" i hoʻokahi manawa a no nā mea a pau. Ma muli o kēia polokalamu, ua hoʻomaka pū nā hōʻailona mua o ka iPhone.
ʻO Fadell, ka mea i hoʻomaka ma General Magic a hana i kona ala i Apple ma o Phillips, ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o kahi hui i hoʻololi i ka pāʻani mele. Akā ʻo kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo ma mua o kekahi mau kānalua.
“E nānā… Ke hana nei ʻoe a ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo nei au e hoʻohana wau i kēlā me kēia kālā kālepa i loaʻa iaʻu. Ke kaumaha nei au i ka Mac e hoʻokō ai, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Fadell iā Steve Jobs, ka mea i makemake nui i ka iPod e kū mai ana, e ʻōlelo ana. I ka manawa like, ua manaʻo ʻo Fadell ʻaʻole hiki i kēia huahana ke haki.
"Ua haʻi wau iā Jobs hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mea. Ua lawa inā hāʻawi ʻo ia iā mākou i ke kālā a me ka manawa, akā ʻaʻohe mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo e kūʻai aku mākou i kēlā huahana. Aia ʻo Sony, nona kēlā me kēia ʻano leo i kāna kōpili. ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo e hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mea e kūʻē i kēlā ʻoihana, "i ʻae ʻo Fadell, ka mea i haʻalele iā Apple i ka hopena o 2008.
[su_pullquote align=”akau”]I ka hoʻomaka ʻana he iPod wale nō me kahi module kelepona.[/su_pullquote]
Ma hope e hōʻoia ʻia ka iPod i ka huahana i wehewehe i ka hāmeʻa mele portable, akā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana ua kū i kekahi mau pilikia - kūʻai wale nā mea nona Mac, ʻoiai ʻo iTunes, ka synchronization pono a me ka noi hoʻokele, aia wale nō no nā kamepiula Apple.
“Ua hala ʻelua makahiki a me ka hapa. Nui ka makahiki mua. Ua kūʻai nā mea Mac a pau i iPod, akā i kēlā manawa ʻaʻole nui nā mea hoʻohana o kēia kahua. A laila aia kekahi 'hakakā' me Jobs e pili ana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o nā polokalamu Apple me nā PC. ,Ma luna o kuʻu kino make! ʻAʻole loa kēlā! Pono mākou e kūʻai aku i nā Mac! ʻO ia kekahi o nā kumu e kūʻai ai nā kānaka i nā Mac, 'wahi a Jobs iaʻu, e hoʻomaopopo ana ʻaʻole mākou e hana i kahi iPod no ka PC.
"Ua kūʻē au a ua lawa kaʻu poʻe a puni iaʻu e kū ana ma hope oʻu. Ua haʻi ikaika wau iā Jobs ʻoiai ʻo ke kumukūʻai o ka iPod he $399, ʻaʻole ia he waiwai nui, no ka mea, pono e kūʻai ka poʻe i Mac no ke kālā hou aʻe e loaʻa ai," i hōʻike ʻia ai ka manaʻo ma waena o ia a me Jobs, ka mea hoʻokumu i ka lanakila. ʻO ka hui ʻo Nest Labs, nāna i hana, no ka laʻana, thermostats. Ua pane pū ke poʻo o Microsoft, ʻo Bill Gates, i kēia hoʻopaʻapaʻa, ʻaʻole maopopo i ke kumu i hoʻoholo mua ai ʻo Apple.
ʻO Jobs, ka luna nui o Apple i kēlā manawa, ua haʻalele ʻo ia mai kāna hoʻoholo ʻana a ua ʻae i nā mea hoʻohana PC e hoʻohana i ka noi iTunes pono no ka hana holoʻokoʻa iPod. ʻO ia ka mea i lilo i mea maikaʻi loa e like me ka piʻi ʻana o ke kūʻai aku o kēia mea pāʻani kipi. Eia kekahi, ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo Apple i ka poʻe i ʻike ʻole i ka hui ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana o ka iPod.
Ma hope o kekahi manawa, ua hōʻike ʻia ka kūleʻa o ka iPod i loko o ka hāmeʻa o kēia hui, ʻo ka iPhone.
"I ka hoʻomaka ʻana he iPod wale nō me kahi module kelepona. Ua like ia, akā inā makemake ka mea hoʻohana e koho i kekahi mau helu, pono ʻo ia e hana ma o ka rotary dial. A ʻaʻole ʻo ia ka mea maoli. Ua ʻike mākou ʻaʻole ia e hana, akā ua hoʻoikaika ʻo Jobs iā mākou e hoʻāʻo i nā mea āpau, "wahi a Fadell, me ka hoʻohui ʻana ʻo ke kaʻina holoʻokoʻa he ʻehiku a ʻewalu mau mahina o ka hana nui ma mua o ka hopena.
"Ua hana mākou i kahi pale paʻi me ka hana Multi-Touch. A laila makemake mākou i kahi ʻōnaehana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, a mākou i hana ai ma muli o ka hui ʻana o kekahi mau mea mai ka iPod a me ka Mac. Ua hana mākou i ka mana mua, ua hōʻole koke mākou a hoʻomaka e hana i kahi mea hou, "i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Fadell, me ka hoʻohui ʻana he ʻekolu mau makahiki e hana ai i kahi kelepona i mākaukau no ke kūʻai aku.
