Apple copies Nokia phones with their new iPod design

[ImmortalWarrior]

Agree or disagree?

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/09/img0465.jpg

 

[andrelamont]

disagree

 

[DJRedLine]

Agree, I just said the exact same thing the moment they announced it.

 

[1jaxstate1]

Disagree. It's the iPod Nano from a few years back, except bigger.

 

[Simon Tupper]

People really need to stop this who copies who trend... seriously... if you don't like it because it looks like this or that... don't buy it...

 

[sinime]

Yeah, 1jaxstate1 is right... The older nanos had rounded edges. And Simon is right too. Things will look similar. There are only so many configurations you make for a case that houses a rectangular screen.

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[brmiller1976]

Looks like a Palm Lifedrive to me.

This discussion underpins why all the allegations of "copying" in common form factors are so absurd.

 

[GoodThings2Life]

They look eerily similar though... and why doesn't the iPod Touch look like the iPhone?

Blatant rip-off. That said, I'm sure Nokia will be flattered.

 

[Simon Tupper]

They look eerily similar though... and why doesn't the iPod Touch look like the iPhone?

Blatant rip-off. That said, I'm sure Nokia will be flattered.

In fact, it looks like the iPod Nano Gen 2... but bigger and a touch screen have been added.

 

[Mitlov]

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right? If rectangular rectangles with icons laid out in a grid is worth a billion-dollar lawsuit...

Let's see:

(1) A monochromatic rounded rectangle,
(2) set inside a brightly-colored polycarbonate case,
(3) that has sharply squared-off edges when viewed from the front,
(4) has rounded sides (when you view the cross-section),
(5) has only two rows of icons instead of the typical four of iOS, and
(6) has a home button at the bottom center.

I'm joking...kind of

Disagree. It's the iPod Nano from a few years back, except bigger.

That iPod Nano was square with no home button, not rectangular with a bottom home button. This is closer to the Lumia 900 than the previous iPod Nano in my opinion.

 

[kylej1050]

Disagree, looks like this but with a full screen.

http://www.ipodrepaircentre.com/img/ipodnano-2ndgen-big.gif

 

[Villain]

its not so much the body that makes it look copied. its the screen popping out of the body that really makes it look copied.

 

[cedarlog]

agree

 

[Simon Tupper]

What's good for the goose is good for the gander, right? If rectangular rectangles with icons laid out in a grid is worth a billion-dollar lawsuit...

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Let's see:

(1) A monochromatic rounded rectangle,
(2) set inside a brightly-colored polycarbonate case,
(3) that has sharply squared-off edges when viewed from the front,
(4) has rounded sides (when you view the cross-section),
(5) has only two rows of icons instead of the typical four of iOS, and
(6) has a home button at the bottom center.

I'm joking...kind of



That iPod Nano was square with no home button, not rectangular with a bottom home button. This is closer to the Lumia 900 than the previous iPod Nano in my opinion.

http://www.jeu-ipod.com/ipod-nano/images/ipod-nano.jpg

 

[jmerrey]

I would say it's reminiscent of the lumia design, just like the lumia design is reminiscent of the square nano design: