Design Inspiration: iPhone vs BlackBerry
Rumors attribute the iPhone4 design to the iconic Leica photo camera. This rumor plays well with Apple’s brand conscious target group.
Now with RIM all over the news, I wonder about BlackBerry’s design origin. I might have just found the answer while watching a video of Mike Lazaridis at All things D.
At about 2:07 minutes, Mike showcases a Playbook app (a scientific calculator?!?) Talk about a bad choice… why spend 600 bucks on a tablet to run it as a calculator? Anyway, that calculator reference reminds me of Texas Instruments.
Do you think calculators inspired the BlackBerry design? Notice how these earlier models had an engineering look-n-feel (especially with the orange power button). But the newer models (i.e. BlackBerry Bold) look less techy, and not a moment too soon.
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Toni Twotiems
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RIM needs to get rid of Mike and find them selves a new CEO to run the company. He is just not cutting it!
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Zaki Usman
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Hi Toni, they already have two CEOs which is a recipe for disaster. I agree get some new blood and new thinking…
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Shavonda Faira
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I never really liked RIM products… found them to be boring. Now we know why!
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Ann Fendiski
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Its not just the outside, but look at the difference in the user design and interface. RIM just uses really old concepts. This article is dated, but has good points http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/09/iphone-app-design-trends/
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