me think me saw a copycat

[Rudegar]

http://www.theunwired.net/?item=project-whoneedsaniphone-com-wants-to-redesign-the-windows-mobile-gui
i mean sure it's great to try and invent something new but thats just another iphone look alike so redesign is prob not the best term

http://www.mobile-review.com/review/image/nokia/7260/pic1.jpg
http://mobilitysite.com/2007/07/rehoboths-irikon-flash-memory/
pretty related design if you ask me :P

[levenum]

Well they do say that "Imitation is the highest form of flattery"...

Personally I am still waiting to see how long th iPhone hype lasts. Thing with all it's clones is that non of them are as locked down as it is (no forcing people in to contracts, ability to install 3rd party apps etc. One article even mention its "PDA" functions could not be used before activation by AT&T)

As for the other two links - one is a phone and the other is a DOK so is it really "copying"? (despite the similarities in design).

[hanmin]

while the intention of whoneedsaniphone.com is good, but it is rather disappointing to put all the effort to mock up something, that, AFAIK, already been duplicated a gazillion times. I have a bad memory, but what I can get out of my head so far, is that there are at least 3 iphone launcher available here. One which, with most effort is the one via a EXE, another one via WAD, and via cLaunch. And this guy is saying "We also want to let everyone know that the intent of this project IS NOT TO DUPLICATE THE IPHONE INTERFACE... we just want to take some of the principles of that interface and bring them to Windows Mobile users" (http://whoneedsaniphone.com/pages.asp?pageid=1). E.g., why do you have to have an exactly 4 x 3 grid, with special icons at the bottom? why do you want to have a slide lock, when AFAIK, a Nokia style push this and that to unlock, works very well, and black-white clock icon.. hmm.. no I dont think there are any attempt to copy.. please view this for clarification (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaIUkwPybtM)

If they were to do at least this.. won't be too bad (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=304018&highlight=samsung)

Discussion here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=316850& too

[Rudegar]

no it's not real copying just struck me as how similar they looked

http://mobilitysite.com/2007/07/can-the-iphone-really-live-up-to-the-hype/
"I have to admit, the longer I use the iPhone, the less fond of it I am becoming."

:O