> From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> > > If they were so good, why did they abandon those designs and begin to > imitate the iPhone? > > I also like diversity. We can have it, if companies develop their > ideas and dare to be different. The problem is that, once the iPhone > came out, the competition found it easier and safer to follow what > Apple was doing, instead of developing innovative new products that > would be different from, and competitive with, the iPhone. > Dan Matyola
There's only so many ways to make a hand-held computer/telephone that makes sense. Shape-wise, size-wise, all the ergonomics. Why don't you sit down and try to think of the way you would do it if you were dreaming it up from scratch? What shape would your screen be? Circle, square, rectangle? What approximate size would it be? Something that fits easily in the palm of your hand? What you want it to be fat and chunky or thin and slim? Would you want it to have sharp pointed corners that poked you in your pocket or is rounded corners better? How would you access applications on the phone? If not little pictures on the screen how would you do it? Apple didn't invent anything that was so special and unique. It was a nice invention, but largely the parameters regarding size, shape, usability were dictated to Apple by the human form, not Apple genius. iOs, Windows, Linux... all icon-based. All use rectangular screens, all have icons, mouse, keyboards for input. So think outside the box... what would you do differently that sets your product apart from your competitors in a major way? Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
