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2006-09-26, 18:27

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Originally Posted by HOM View Post
Phone interfaces are perhaps the one area where Apple's UI team can't really make that much of a difference.

We can look at the ROKR and make some guesses why it was a failure.
Man, I think you're dead wrong.

Apple had very little to do with the ROKR's design, either UI-wise or form factor-wise. All they provided was iTunes Mobile. It hard not to notice the barely hidden contempt on Jobs' face when he presented it.

Every cell phone I've ever used has been a UI *disaster*. Some more painful than others, but all have been strange, confusing, and annoying. And no phone I've used has ever sync'd up to my Mac in a way that's been easy or enjoyable. There's a *huge* problem out there for Apple to solve, and it can't come along soon enough.
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