Is Microsoft totally out of ideas?
December 11th, 2007
I’ve had my Cherry Chocolate phone for about a year now. So imagine my surprise when I see the design of the new Zune:
So did Microsoft just say “screw it” and do a copy n paste here? This sure wouldn’t be the first time. Then again, I could probably say the same thing about LG:
They’re both just the same color, have a control pad beneath the screen and….that’s about it. Hardly a copy and paste job.
December 12, 2007 @ 12:27 am
Definitely not innovative, thats for sure. On the heels of the ipod touch, this is a weak competitor. I think “status quo” would be more accurate than “copy and paste”, and I think that’s the point Mike is trying to make.
December 18, 2007 @ 9:02 am
Yeah, that’s more what I was referring to. There just doesn’t seem to be any innovation in design anymore. I can just imagine the first design meeting for these devices: “Ok, it’ll have a big screen at the top and a wheel at the bottom. I’ll let you engineers take it from here…”
December 18, 2007 @ 2:44 pm
All their good designers must be here:
http://www.microsoft.com/surface/
December 18, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
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