The predecessor of the iPod mini...from 1954??

[nixgeek]

Here's an interesting article from Ars Technica about the iPod's design...specifically, the iPod mini.

Apparently history does repeat itself. See below at what I mean.



Here's the BBC article that tells the whole story, and here's a site dedicated to the Regency TR-1 transistor radio.

Now if only I could find one of these babies to match my silver iPod mini....

[Carlo]

I think its a co-incidence, because apple have been going crazy with colours for years.

[nixgeek]

Yes, but it's not so much the colors, but the design itself. Remember that the iMac G4 looked a lot like those desklamps from days-of-old, similar to Luxo from Pixar. All of those designs do seem to hark back to designs from many years ago.

[symphonix]

I think these TR-1s could pose a real threat to the iPod's sales, though. From what I hear, this whole "transistor radio" thing is really catching on with the kids these days.

[nixgeek]

ROFLMAO!!

[Thank The Cheese]

the colours are Red, Green, Blue and Gray. They're hardly uncommon colours. Big fat coincidence.

[nixgeek]

Originally Posted by Thank The Cheese

the colours are Red, Green, Blue and Gray. They're hardly uncommon colours. Big fat coincidence.

AGAIN, it's not about the colors so much as it is the design. Colors are coincidental. Designs aren't necessarily that coincidental as colors.

I'm not suggesting that Apple would be in trouble...that's just plain stupid, deserving of having one's Mac taken away from them and handed a Gateway PC.

I just though it was a great article and an interesting possibility.

[Thank The Cheese]

but the design isn't even that similar. I mean, they're rectangle (ooOOooo, never would have thought of a rectangle), and they are controlled by a circular knob...like just about every stereo system on the planet.

Seriously, if it weren't for the colour simularities, no one would have ever mentioned it.