Abathengi maduze bangalindela ukubona izidlali zomculo zeMP3 zihlanganiswe nomakhalekhukhwini nabahleli abaphathwa ngesandla, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu uKen Potasher. Ngemva kokuthola kwayo i-Diamond Multimedia ngoJuni odlule, i-S3 isebenzela ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe be-Diamond kuzinto zikagesi zabathengi ukuze iphushe abadlali namanye amagajethi agxile kufomethi ye-MP3 edumile. I-Diamond yenza isidlali somculo sedijithali esiphathwayo sase-Rio

Inkampani ingena emakethe encintisana kakhulu, nokho. Isikhondlakhondla se-Consumer electronics u-Sony ukhiphe inguqulo entsha ye-Walkman yayo kanye nedivayisi encane ebizwa ngokuthi "Isiqeshana Somculo"sokudlala ama-MP3. Amalebhu Okudala kanye nabanye abakhiqizi base-Asia abasebenza ngempahla kagesi eshibhile bakhiqiza izidlali ze-MP3 ezishibhile. Futhi njengamakhompuyutha omuntu siqu, le mishini izoba namandla kakhulu futhi ingabizi kakhulu njengoba ubuchwepheshe buthuthuka

"I-MP3 ingenye yalezo zinto lapho isizukulwane sokuqala samadivayisi sinomsebenzi owodwa. Uma usubonile ukuthi kunengqondo, ungahlanganisa ukusebenza kwe-MP3 cishe mahhala,"kusho u-Linley Gwennap, uthishanhloko e-Linley Group. "Umdlali ozimele we-MP3 cishe akenzi umqondo omkhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi."Ukuhlala ngaphambi komncintiswano, uPotasher uthi imikhiqizo eminingi isemisebenzini. Umdlali ofana ne-stereo obizwa nge-RioRack uzovumela abathengi ukuthi balande amafayela e-MP3 ngokuqondile ku-inthanethi ukuze bawadlale. Idivayisi kulindeleke ukuthi ifike emakethe ezinyangeni ezimbili ezizayo. Futhi, i-S3 yakha izidlali zomculo zedijithali zezimoto. Ukwanda kwabadlali base-Rio abayisisekelo, abamakethwa ngokuhlanganyela nabanye ozakwethu bezinkampani, nakho kungalindelwa

Ngaphansi kwala madili, inkampani efana ne-Hewlett-Packard noma i-Fidelity Investments izothengisa abadlali be-MP3 abahlanganiswe ne-S3. Ngokulandelayo, i-S3 "izothola ukuncishiswa okukhulu"kwemali engenayo yamakhasimende

"Sisayine ozakwethu abanamasu kulezi zinyanga eziyisithupha ezedlule,"kusho uPotasher

Izinhlelo ze-S3 zimelela ubuso bayo obubuyekeziwe bebhizinisi. Nakuba yake yakleliswa njengomklami we-chip wezithombe ohamba phambili e-Silicon Valley, i-S3 ngeledlule idayise ibhizinisi layo ku-Via Technologies yaseTaiwan ngamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-323. Ngokuzayo, izogxila kakhulu emikhiqizweni yenethiwekhi yasekhaya, amamodemu olayini ababhalisile bedijithali ( DSL ) kanye nezinto zikagesi zokuzijabulisa ze-inthanethi.

“Sisemaphethelweni ebhizinisi elikhulu,” kusho uPotasher, elinganisela ukuthi imakethe yokudlala amafayela edijithali ingafinyelela ku-$800 million eminyakeni embalwa.


Ushintsho lubonisa isifiso se-S3 sokuphuma emakethe eqhudelana kakhulu yama-graphic chips aye ku-niche entsha, egxile ku-Net. Lapho isingumholi wemakethe, i-S3 eminyakeni engaphezu kwemibili edlule yaqala ukuwela ngemuva kwezimbangi zayo ezihlakaniphile futhi yabuka izinzuzo zayo kanye nezinombolo zemali engenayo zishelela.

Yize inkampani ibuye kafushane ngo-1999 nge-chip yayo ye-Savage 4, abaphathi bayo babone umbhalo odongeni futhi baqala ukulalela i-inthanethi.

"Uma ubuyela emuva ngonyaka noma odlule, ukucabanga kwakuwukuthi, 'Gee. Ingabe sizobe siseduze kusho uPotasher. "Okungcono kakhulu esasingakwenza kwakuwukuphuma nomkhiqizo ongasinika ilungelo lokusinda umjikelezo owodwa ngaphezulu. ."Enye iphrojekthi ehlelelwe ukuphela konyaka idivayisi ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Web pad."Ezinye zizoba izikrini eziphathwayo ezibonisa ulwazi olugcinwe noma olucutshungulwe ku-PC yasekhaya. Amaphedi e-deluxe amaningi azohlanganisa i-hard drive kanye neprosesa esheshayo, esebenza ngempumelelo njengamakhompyutha aphathekayo, kusho uPotasher.

Kanye namanye amaphrojekthi, i-S3 ihlela ukuxoxisana ngokuqukethwe okwengeziwe futhi irekhode amadili ukuze inwebise ukunikezwa kwayo komculo ngefomethi. Ziningi izivumelwano ezisayinwe nabashicileli kodwa azikamenyezelwa, kusho uPotasher

Uhlelo lwe-S3 lokufaka ubuchwepheshe ezimakethe ezihlukahlukene lunamandla amakhulu, kusho abahlaziyi. Ukusunduza i-MP3 kumadivayisi amasha akubizi kakhulu, noma kudinga izinsiza zobuchwepheshe ezengeziwe. Enye yezindleko ezinkulu kungaba ukwengeza inkumbulo ye-flash eyengeziwe kumadivayisi ukuze akwazi ukugcina izinombolo ezinkulu zamafayela e-MP3, kusho uGwennap weLinley Group.

Uhlelo lokuhlanganisa luzosiza futhi inkampani ukuthi igweme ukuncishiswa abakhiqizi baphesheya kwezilwandle. Imali engenayo ye-Diamond's Rio ikhule ngamaphesenti angama-76 unyaka nonyaka, ngokusho kwenkampani, kodwa ama-copycats angahlala eqeda inzuzo yangaphambi kwesikhathi. U-Sony uhlasele imakethe, njengoba kunjalo nabakhiqizi baseTaiwan abasebenza ngama-electronics abathengi abiza kancane

Ukuncintisana kwamanani kubonakala kungenakugwema, ngokusho kwabahlaziyi abaningi

"Ngenye imakethe enabantu abaningi esizothathwa izimbangi ezibiza izindleko eziphansi ezivela e-Asia,"ezingathwali umthwalo wokucwaninga nokuthengisa, kusho uJon Peddie, uthishanhloko eJon Peddie Associates, eMill Valley, eCalif. -based consulting firm.