TwinMOS announced this new video media player…it’s pretty neat. There’s no word on the battery life but it’s surprisingly “apple”-like.

http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/337/C2906/

It supports pretty much every single standard and has a nice 7” screen so it might be a nice to carry around…

“Hello, TwinMOS Legal Dept.”

“We are the Apple Legal Dept. Lower your shields and surrender your design. Your design and technological distinctivness infinges on our own. Your patents will adapt to service ours. Resistance is futile. You must comply.”

I love the cleanlieness of white products but I don’t see why more of these companies don’t use other colors. There’s so many different variations of silver/grey that these companies could be using. Or they could tint the metal colors to give a hint of color.

They also need to make sure the designs are elegant to begin with and don’t feel cheap. Many of these companies still don’t get it. They wonder why people keep clamoring for iPods despite their high prices…the devices are well built and they don’t feel cheap.

I think “cheap” is the key word there.  As nice as it is to build products that look and feel substantial, there is a good portion of the market that doesn’t want to plop down good money for a device that’s very likely to get dinged, scratched, dropped, or otherwise damaged.  There’s a big number of companies (Vaja, Waterfield, etc) selling iPod cases because people don’t want their units damaged.  But what’s the point of a beautiful gadget if it’s shrouded all the time?  Sometimes cheaper and inexpensive really is better…