Njengoba ishicilelwe yiphephandaba elihlonishwayo Los Angeles Times, ucwaningo lwakamuva luphetha ngokuthi umuntu ngamunye iPad mini ezithengiswayo ngokhisimusi ezimbili zizothengiswa I-Kindle Fire HD. Iqiniso liwukuthi kuyiqiniso elingalindelekile kusukela ngaleso sikhathi Apple uthi umangala ngisho nokufunwa okuphezulu kwethebhulethi yakhe ehlangene, ishidi lebhalansi lakamuva elivela Amazon bekungekuhle kakhulu.
Lawa makhisimusi ayajabulisa kubo bonke abathanda ukuvela komkhakha wamathebhulethi. Iningi lamabhrendi amakhulu ezobuchwepheshe abeke amakhadi awo etafuleni futhi silindele impi engapheli phakathi kwamadivayisi ahlukene ukuthi abe "umdayisi ongcono kakhulu" wesizini yokuthengisa (mhlawumbe) ebaluleke kakhulu yonyaka. Uma ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule sakutshela lokho Nexus 7 bekuyithebhulethi efunwa kakhulu futhi? iPad y iPad mini wamlandela, izifiso zingase zingahambisani neqiniso, kusukela njengoba kushicilelwe I-LA Times, I-Kindle Fire HD izodayiswa kabili kuthebhulethi ehlangene ye Apple.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kwezinkampani zombili, Apple y Amazon, iyinkinga muva nje. Siyakhumbula ukuthi esikhathini esingeside esidlule, kwethulwe isitolo sezincwadi esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni impela umkhankaso onolaka ukukholisa umthengi ukuthi ithebhulethi yakhe yayingcono kune iPad mini kukho konke (noma cishe), mhlawumbe eshukunyiswa iqiniso lokuzuza kwakhe irekhodi lokuthengisa le I-Kindle Fire HD ngemva nje kosuku olulodwa Keynote lapho kwembulwa khona izibhebhe ezintsha zembangi yawo. Iphuzu liwukuthi ubudlelwano bentengo bawo womabili amaqembu bungenza ibhalansi ivune Amazon, yize iPad mini kube into efiswa kakhulu.
Noma mhlawumbe akunjalo. Kusukela i I-LA Times, ngokusekelwe ekusesheni okwenziwa eziphakelini zayo, iqinisekisa ukuthi ulwazi olumayelana ne I-Kindle Fire HD inesidingo esiphindwe kabili se iPad mini. Isiphetho esingasithola kukho konke lokhu ukuthi ngisho nokuthola idatha evela emthonjeni othembekile futhi owaziwa njengephephandaba Times E-Los Angeles, akukaze kube buhlungu ukuhlukanisa leyo datha. Iphrofayela yomfundi wephothali eshiwo ngenhla ingase ihlobane kakhulu nomkhiqizo Amazon, ngaphandle kokunye. Noma kunjalo, idatha iyamangaza kusukela kuze kube manje Apple wayejabule ngamabhalansi okuqala okuthengisa, kuyilapho isu elinolaka lesitolo sezincwadi esiku-inthanethi, ngendlela efanayo, lingaba inkomba yesiqalo esibi.