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Some how I believe that if that pic had the device with a black sceen, everyone here would still spit on it and bash it. The thing about the interface that gets me is that there are so many frames whithin frames.

Its like

The face of the device here with physical buttons

Then a frame for the interface with more buttons

Then there is a frame with some info and one big play button at the bottom...
(I tried to add more quote frames but I guess the board has a limit)
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One more frame for the info/catagory content.
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And FINALLY, the last tiny-little-cramp-assed frame that has the actual music content you get to choose from.

They make it so complicated when it can be very simplistic. Instead of making a new screen for each section, they decide to cram all that stuff into one screen which leaves very little space for the actual music selection. And, why would you repeat the big ass play button when you already have a physical one on the device?

But now that I think about it, you can go overboard with the new screens as well. Thats why I hate Motorola phones.. theres so many screens until you find what you are looking for. Oh well, I can complain all I want but nothing will change.

I still think the actual device doesn't look too bad. It's kinda like an iPod/360 thing.. (not that I'm a fan of the 360 at all.)
But the interface is just garbage.

I think if we remove that ms/win icon and replace it with a smily Apple logo, at least half who post and think this design is crap will change their mind.

me? I think it is a ok design, have to see the real product in order to tell how well will a phone/sat radio/mp3 combination work together as one unit, but I really do hope that next version of "real ipod" have cel phone build in, a cel phone is one item we carry all the time, if Apple can combine a cel phone with "real full ipod-Nano" in one unit, it will be a great product.

Last edited by pcguy (2006-08-03 7:42 am)

Looks like an iPod.  Won't have as much music selection, methinks, but it will have better support for onboard third-party programs... oh wait, it *will actually have* support for onboard third party softwares.  There, already got something the pod doesn't, and seemingly won't ever, have.

why the left?

DudetheCreator wrote:

Looks like an iPod.  Won't have as much music selection, methinks, but it will have better support for onboard third-party programs... oh wait, it *will actually have* support for onboard third party softwares.  There, already got something the pod doesn't, and seemingly won't ever, have.

Linux has been ported to the iPod, so actually it does (just not out of the box).

Czachorski wrote:

pcguy wrote:

I think if we remove that ms/win icon and replace it with a smily Apple logo, at least half who post and think this design is crap will change their mind.

Cart and the horse again, PCGuy.  If it had an Apple logo on it, odds are it would be better designed.

odds are it would be a interesting design

zerocool90 wrote:

Noone actually is interested in that last posted picture as an actual design for a phone are they? Its gotta be about the same dimensions as a medium-small TV remote, which noone wants to have jammed in thier pocket when they are walking around. and if its not that size, then some of those control buttons (like the volume +/-) would be WAY too small to use without hitting other buttons constantly..

Beyond the fact that it's not real, yeah, it won't sell, not only due to the physical dimensions, but several other key bits that I mentioned before, like the awkwardness of the keypad, being too narrow and cylindrical for a normal sized hand, no clickwheel, etc.

If we're going to see an iPod phone designed in house, it's going to have the clickwheel, one way or the other.

Phydeaux wrote:

If we're going to see an iPod phone designed in house, it's going to have the clickwheel, one way or the other.

As much as I despise the clickwheel, a rotary cellphone is just awesome.

Yes, but first you have to install an entirely different operating system.

Form a story posted on the MacAddict homepage:

""Microsoft had hinted of an all-new design from the ground up, but from our analysis, it appears that the Zune is essentially a repackaged Toshiba Gigabeat that has seen limited success," said Wu in a report.

Microsoft recently announced the Zune will be manufactured by Toshiba."

Underwhelming Zune

The gigabeat:

Arc wrote:

Phydeaux wrote:

If we're going to see an iPod phone designed in house, it's going to have the clickwheel, one way or the other.

As much as I despise the clickwheel, a rotary cellphone is just awesome.

I've been waiting eagerly for hardwheel rotary and the ability to do sms messaging via transcribing into text through morse code for a very long time.

J.D.Hogg wrote:

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/images/8816_large.jpg

I don't see anything terribly wrong with it, but then again, I've never been a part of the "OMFG mICRO$OFT is teh sukk!!!" crowd.

However, Apple would clean this design up a good bit, if it wasn't a total fake.

mo' ron wrote:

Donkey Butter wrote:

mo' ron wrote:

Any mp3 player will look like an iPod from a distance

this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod
this doesn't look like an iPod

it's the wanna-be click wheel, white color and big screen that are reminiscent of an iPod.

Why did you just post 5 consecutive pictures of ipods?

to proove the iPod wasn't a chicken?
Oh! wrong joke.