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A ranar 9 ga Afrilu, 2007, Apple ya kai wani matsayi a cikin nau'in iPods miliyan ɗari da aka sayar. Wannan ya faru kusan shekaru biyar da rabi bayan na'urar kiɗan Apple ta fara buga shaguna. Ta haka iPod ya zama mafi mashahuri samfurin kamfanin Cupertino a lokacinsa. An samu rikodin kusan ɗan lokaci kafin a gabatar da iPhone na farko ga duniya.

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A lokacin, Apple ya saki fiye da goma iPod model - biyar iPod classics, biyu iPod minis, biyu iPod nanos da biyu iPod shuffles. Tare da iPod, tushen samun kudin shiga (ba kawai) ga Apple shi ne na'urorin haɗi, wanda ya kafa wani katon tsarin, wanda ya kai fiye da dubu hudu na'urorin haɗi - farawa da lokuta daban-daban da kuma rufewa da kuma ƙare tare da masu magana daban. Sauran sharuɗɗan kuma sun taka rawa wajen ɗaukar nauyin iPod - misali, a cikin 2007 kusan kashi 70% na motocin da aka kera a Amurka sun ba da haɗin kai tare da mai kunnawa.

Babbar nasarar da iPod ya samu, tare da yadda ya zira mashigar kantin sayar da kiɗa ta iTunes, ta tabbatar wa sauran ƙasashen duniya cewa shigar Apple cikin masana’antar kiɗan ba ta wata hanya mara kyau ba. A lokacin, kantin sayar da kiɗa na iTunes shine kantin sayar da kiɗa na uku mafi girma a Amurka - nasarar irin wannan adadin wanda wasu kaɗan zasu iya haɗawa da Apple shekaru goma da suka gabata.

Steve Jobs ya ce "A lokacin wannan gagarumin ci gaba mai cike da tarihi, muna so mu gode wa duk masu sha'awar kiɗan da suka sa iPod ya sami nasara mai ban mamaki," in ji Steve Jobs a lokacin. sanarwa a hukumance. Ya kara da cewa "iPod ya taimaka wa miliyoyin mutane a duniya su sake farfado da sha'awar waka, kuma muna farin cikin kasancewa a cikin hakan."

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Bikin na iPods miliyan ɗari da aka sayar kuma ba zai iya yi ba tare da mashahuran mutane ba kawai daga duniyar kiɗa ba. Su ma ba su bar maganar yabo ba. Mawaƙa Mary J. Blige, alal misali, ta furta a cikin sanarwar manema labaru cewa ba ta tuna ainihin abin da ta yi "kafin iPod," ta kira shi "fiye da na'urar kiɗa kawai." "Yana da tsawo na halin ku kuma hanya ce mai kyau don ɗaukar kiɗan da kuka fi so tare da ku duk inda kuka je."

John Mayer, mawaki, marubuci kuma wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy, ya bayyana daidai da cewa ba tare da iPod ba, da fayiloli da manyan fayiloli sun bayyana zamanin dijital na kiɗa maimakon waƙoƙi da albam, ya kara da cewa duk da cewa kafofin watsa labaru sun canza, iPod ya adana. ruhun gaskiya na ƙauna ga kiɗa.

Misali, Lance Armstrong, wanda ya lashe tseren Tour de France, ya shiga yabon iPod. Don wani canji, ya ce duk inda ya je, ba wai kawai takalmansa na gudu ba ne, amma kuma ba ya da iPod. "Ina sauraron kiɗa yayin gudu. Samun kiɗan ku tare da ku yana da kuzari sosai, "in ji shi.

Amma iPod ba shine kawai dalilin bikin ba. Ya ba da haɗin kai tare da iTunes 2007 a shekara ta 7. A lokacin, kantin sayar da iTunes yana wakiltar kasida mafi girma a duniya, yana ba da waƙoƙi fiye da miliyan biyar, 350 TV da fina-finai fiye da ɗari huɗu. A cikin tsarinsa, an sami damar sayar da waƙoƙi sama da biliyan 2,5, shirye-shiryen talabijin miliyan 50 da fina-finai sama da miliyan 1,3.

Tare da zuwan iPhone, mai iya kunna kiɗa, an sami ƙaura na yanki na tushen mai amfani kuma iPod bai yi nasara sosai ba, amma Apple tabbas ba shi da wani abin koka game da shi. A gare shi, ƙarshen lokacin nasara na iPod ba ya nufin kome ba illa farkon nasara na wani zamani daban-daban.

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Source: Cult of Mac

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