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>>design and style matter much more than they did in the PC wars. agreed there. However, there's no stopping other phone manufacturers to pour more resources i
by Chocobean 18y ago
>>design and style matter much more than they did in the PC wars.
agreed there. However, there's no stopping other phone manufacturers to pour more resources into making a pretty and usable phone. This could also work against apple when others are able to make a better designed product.
- Maktab 18y agoMaking a pretty and usable phone is a lot more difficult than it looks. There's a reason the iPod still has arguably the easiest and least complicated interface for a media player even after its rivals spent millions on design and UI research in order to try and compete. I have great hopes for the Android platform, but Google faces the same problem Windows Mobile has always had, which is that it's difficult to innovate and produce a seamless user experience when the people doing the hardware and those doing the software are not closely linked. Neither side has enough control over the other's choices to do the things they really want to do. Apple's big strength with the iPhone is that they build the entire stack. You shouldn't underestimate that.