Category: Design
Slim devices have just announced the third gen Squeezebox, designed by Fred Bould the new form is just stunning. Where the 1st and 2nd gen Squeezbox’s were plastic and clunky this regains some of the poise and character which the 1st generation SliMP3 player had.
The design combines brushed aluminium, solid steel and a highly polished surface through which you can view the 320×32 pixel greyscale display. Excellent, I want one!
I think I’ve noticed a bit of a new thing (Actually someone else probably noticed it first). Animated favicons. I first spotted this neat little twist over at Poke London and then this morning I spotted one over at Dare too.
Well now I gotta get me one of them. Seen any others?
What a week, first we had the Xbox 360, then the PlayStation 3, and now the Nintendo Revolution. Well I think without doubt the Nintendo wins on aesthetics.
What a ‘beautiful’ piece of hardware, I bet the PlayStation design team are kicking themselves, this is really what I expected from them. It’s sleek, is the size of a stack of three DVD cases and has no visible knobs, buttons or ports for joysticks. The system will use only wireless controllers, and it sits flat or stands vertically.
Ok so the Revolution pretty much loses the fight in terms of processing power but as Nintendo’s Perrin Kaplan says: “It’s not all about having ‘turbo power’, It’s about what you do with it.”
Sony have officially unveiled the PlayStation 3. Where the Xbox 360 is ‘apparently’ based on the concept of ‘inhaling’ (WTF?) the PS3 looks more like it exhaled.
My initial response to the product design late last night was one of disappointment, I don’t think the PS3 has the ‘ooh’ factor which the Xbox 360 has, but then the PS2 was such a beautiful product, this is an evolution in design terms rather than the revolution that the 360 is compared to it’s predecessor.
There’s a ton of other related news over at ign.com RE PS3 specs, Sony’s partnership with NVidia, launch dates and backwards compatability.
Microsoft have officially unveiled the Xbox 360, wireless controllers and all. Looks pretty neat but from what I hear it’s a bit of a beast (size wise) much like the original Xbox. That thing was pretty handy for holding open doors.
In a surprising twist, a Sony representative has stated that a year 2005 release for the next generation PlayStation (PS3) is a possibility. Whether that is something Sony can pull out the bag or not remains to be seen, I guess we’ll have a better idea when Sony reveal more about the PS3 at the E3 show early next week.
