Amaya Toman Lokacin da ka ce "wayar da iTunes" mafi yawan mu ta atomatik tunanin iPhone. Amma a zahiri ba ita ce wayar hannu ta farko a tarihi don tallafawa wannan sabis ɗin ba. Tun kafin madaidaicin iPhone, wayar hannu ta tura-button Rokr E1 ta fito ne daga haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Apple da Motorola - wayar hannu ta farko wacce za ta iya gudanar da sabis na iTunes.
Amma Steve Jobs bai cika sha'awar wayar ba. Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, Rokr E1 ya kasance babban misali na irin bala'in da zai iya faruwa idan kun ba da amanar mai zanen waje don ƙirƙirar waya mai alamar Apple. Sannan kamfanin ya yi alkawarin cewa ba zai sake maimaita kuskuren ba.
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Wayar Rokr ta samo asali ne a shekarar 2004, lokacin da tallace-tallacen iPod a lokacin ya kai kusan kashi 45% na kudaden shigar Apple. A lokacin, Steve Jobs ya damu cewa ɗaya daga cikin kamfanonin da ke fafatawa zai zo da wani abu mai kama da iPod - wani abu da zai fi kyau kuma ya sace wurin iPod a cikin haske. Ba ya son Apple ya dogara da tallace-tallace na iPod, don haka ya yanke shawarar fito da wani abu dabam.
Cewa wani abu waya ne. Sannan Wayoyin Hannu ko da yake sun yi nisa da iPhone, an riga an saka su da kyamarori akai-akai. Jobs ya yi tunanin cewa idan zai yi gogayya da irin waɗannan wayoyin hannu, zai iya yin hakan ne kawai ta hanyar sakin wayar da ita ma za ta yi aiki a matsayin cikakkiyar na'urar kiɗa.
Koyaya, ya yanke shawarar ɗaukar matakin “mara yarda” - ya yanke shawarar cewa hanya mafi sauƙi don kawar da abokan hamayyarta ita ce haɗa kai da wani kamfani. Ayyuka sun zaɓi Motorola don wannan dalili, kuma sun ba wa Shugaba Ed Zander na lokacin cewa kamfanin ya fitar da sigar sanannen Motorola Razr tare da ginanniyar iPod.
Koyaya, Rokr E1 ya zama samfurin da ya gaza. Ƙirar filastik mai arha, kyamara mara inganci da iyakancewa zuwa waƙoƙi ɗari. duk wannan ya sanya hannu kan takardar mutuwar wayar Rokr E1. Masu amfani kuma ba sa son samun fara siyan waƙoƙi akan iTunes sannan a tura su zuwa wayar ta hanyar kebul.
Gabatarwar wayar ma baiyi kyau ba. Ayyuka sun kasa nuna yadda na'urar ke da ikon kunna kiɗan iTunes akan mataki, wanda a zahiri ya bata masa rai. "Na danna maballin da bai dace ba," in ji shi a lokacin. Ba kamar iPod nano ba, wanda aka gabatar a wannan taron, an manta da Rokr E1 a zahiri. A watan Satumba na 2006, Apple ya ƙare goyon bayan wayar, kuma bayan shekara guda wani sabon zamani ya fara a wannan hanya.
Source: Cult of Mac
