And this is because before the iPhone, every single cellphone out there was an utter piece of junk. Terrible UI's; hard to sync to address books; dozens of models from each manufacturer, all different in pointless ways. The Blackberrys could at least access email, but they had a UI straight out of the line-oriented past.
Apple presented a new thing: a general purpose computer with a phone builtin. It had an elegant and well considered UI that folks could actually use. They re-thought and redefined the entire product category. Initially it was ridiculed and the big journalists predicted that Apple would be retreating with their tail curled under in a year or less. When that didn't happen and sales were seen to increasing faster than any cellphone ever did, the copying started. On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> wrote: > That is what struck me as well. Before the iPhone, there were lots of > different cell phones, and they each looked and operated differently. > Once the iPhone came out, every manufacturer simply copied the way it > looked and the way it worked. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Stan Halpin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am surprised to see how many non-Apple phones look so much like Apple. You >> would think that other companies designers could do something other than >> copy. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
