1. Good design is innovative.
2. Good design makes a product useful.
3. Good design is aesthetic.
4. Good design makes a product understandable.
5. Good design is unobtrusive.
6. Good design is honest.
7. Good design is long-lasting.
8. Good design is thorough down to the last detail.
9. Good design is environmentally friendly.
10. Good design is as little design as possible.

Via David Airey

I think I should tumble more…

If theres one thing we all agree on in the office, its that mobile technology is the future. These days phones are being used more and more for things they never set out on day one to be used for, making calls. Today we can browse the internet anywhere, video chat,  play games, take photos, record video, blog and plenty more.

At the moment for me there are a few main competitors in this technology convergence market, Apple with its iPhone, Google with Android and all its manufactures like HTC, a few smaller threats like Blackberry and smart phone offerings from Nokia.

For me the two stand technologies have to be iPhone because really - even thought it has its flaws -  its set the bench mark and Android (Google) because of its alternative take on how the apps work by implementing an Open Source operating system.

For me the Androids Flag ship phone was the Nexus One (a phone designed by google this time rather than manufacturers like HTC) which i was amazed to see this morning that Google have given up on. This is the phone that in my frustration waiting for the new iphone i almost bought (at at times would have bought over the iphone should it have been released at the time).

I’ll let the Guardians Article on the end of the Nexus One cover all the details which can be found here.

I think its retail facotor and the pending release of the iphone 4 (due to all the leaks) was ultimately what lead to its downfall, I guess we’ll just have to wait for the Nexus Two for someone to finally give the iPhone a run for its money.

Original Story found by @russellquinn on twitter

Got the new one thank you very much :-)