Apple has some of the best industrial design in the world. And don’t these companies know it. You should TOTALLY follow me on Twitter, m’kay? var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-28383912-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @inspiredbyapple)http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f19c23c654f449c3bcca21d1db8d4844/tumblr_mn9qihRRHe1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HP Envy: And again with this.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/23/4357696/hp-envy-pavilion-laptops-3200-1800-touchsmart-ultrabook-display-2013" title="The Verge">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/51170118651http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/51170118651Thu, 23 May 2013 21:35:05 +0100HPOh come onDo I really need to spell this out to youlook carefullyare you getting it yet?<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d716ca58947140ee98c9118c2d8c352e/tumblr_mmlrliITSr1r9e4qao1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Proof that some people *can* predict the future - this Storify <a href="http://storify.com/davidmoss/how-to-make-a-mockup-of-ios-7" title="How to make an iOS 7 mockup" target="_blank">from nine days ago</a>. Spookily accurate.</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/50115530541http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/50115530541Fri, 10 May 2013 22:56:00 +0100Editorial<a href="http://instagram.com/p/ZGMpW5x5x_/">"No question now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."</a>: <p>Phones *never* used to look like this.</p> <p>(via <a href="http://instagram.com/p/ZGMpW5x5x_/" title="Bens Instagram" target="_blank">@utterben</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/50029987230http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/50029987230Thu, 09 May 2013 20:44:00 +0100ALL THE PHONESiPhone<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bf2958851db2cf63c1555cebcadf374f/tumblr_mma9fnn9f81r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3033a193855b861e8bc18b975b00a961/tumblr_mma9fnn9f81r9e4qao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Acer Aspire R7: Good grief.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/3/4296482/acers-aspire-r7-combines-desktop-laptop-and-tablet-with-one-floating" title="The Verge" target="_blank">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/49603662169http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/49603662169Sat, 04 May 2013 17:50:11 +0100MacBook ProMaciMacAcerI don’t even know what this is<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/12bf39eafdae56d928ef0faab8d8bd83/tumblr_mlq7bh90f51r9e4qao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/48716761038http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/48716761038Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:52:29 +0100appleq2 earningsdoomgloomsunkfinishedbankruptboringrubbishsteve jobsetc<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/89d3b2739b00c5eb908c025d9d87ce5e/tumblr_mlmi63Ixih1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Google Fiber Box: I’ve not been able to authenticate this, so I’m assuming it’s a fake, unless someone can tell me otherwise. It’s got to be a fake.</p> <p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/richardlai/status/325283490113417216" title="Richard Lais Twitter" target="_blank">@richardlai</a>, HT <a href="https://twitter.com/waly_k/status/326073776284499969" title="Walys Twitter" target="_blank">@waly_k</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/48554881665http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/48554881665Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:56:27 +0100GoogleAppleApple TVGoogle TVHome buttonIT’S GOT A HOME BUTTONAirPort Express<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9b84d1a3286d503bc6df9a2c9e613ec3/tumblr_mlf4ydOMsi1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9a4277c621cc559e973143e8ad7b794f/tumblr_mlf4ydOMsi1r9e4qao2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/252d1f6bec1d91f9d01e2d39fddaa03d/tumblr_mlf4ydOMsi1r9e4qao3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Toshiba KiraBook: So I’ll just leave this here.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/toshiba-kirabook-is-an-amazing-screen-enough-to-make-a-computer-great/" title="Gizmodo" target="_blank">Gizmodo</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/48224777095http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/48224777095Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:27:49 +0100MacBook AirToshibaThin ComputerSilverBlack keysBlack border around the screenlarge trackpadanything else I missed?<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b148bb67e142fd00d443d2cb95ccfe73/tumblr_mkyeqwQwij1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera: I don’t care what anyone says. Cameras just didn’t look like this before the iPhone 4 came along.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://uncrate.tumblr.com/post/47476883744/blackmagic-pock" title="Uncrate" target="_blank">Uncrate</a>, one of my favourite websites. Go there when you’re drunk and have just been paid. You’re welcome.)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/47479176483http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/47479176483Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:40:00 +0100iPhone 4cameraThatcher died todayI don’t wish ill on the dead thoughTwitter’s been horrible all dayanywaylast I’ll say on the subjectStillA big day for the people of Scotland who were screwed over by the Tory government in the 80s and 90s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/dd08d8452661cdc670ce97cd38e7be71/tumblr_mksvmrx5mi1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HTC First: It’s your common-or-garden iPod touch/iPhone knock-off. Nothing remarkable about that.</p> <p>But plenty of LOLs at the yawning, Silicon Valley-sized gulf between the techbloggers (“OMG! Facebook will steal YOUR SOUL AND YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR PRECIOUS, PRECIOUS, PERSONAL DATA!”) and, well, everyone else (“It’s a phone. With Facebook. And Android. And it looks like an iPhone.”) I might be wrong, but I don’t think people actually care that much.</p> <p>And you know what? I’m fine with that. But our real enemies are out there. Yes, they are. You know who I hate more than Facebook, Google, and the North Koreans, all put together? SEO consultants. Wankers.</p> <p>(Disclosure: I have a Facebook account, and I use it a lot)</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/04/htc-first-pure-facebook-phone/" title="Gizmodo">Gizmodo</a>, inspired by <a href="https://twitter.com/waly_k/status/320273309558247424" title="Walys Twitter">Waly</a>) </p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/47216803310http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/47216803310Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:59:15 +0100iPhoneiPodphoneFacebookEVILSO EVILNASTYHORRIBLEWORSE THAN MURDERERSI’ve totally had some wine tonight<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7fe67b31b03a9a98c39c5adc4e1a2931/tumblr_mk8e4tHYj01r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HP Envy XT Touchsmart: I started a new job today, so didn’t really have any time to do anything new or different*. Helpfully, neither did HP.</p> <p>*Before you moan, a touchscreen on a laptop is neither “new” nor “different”.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/25/4135732/hp-envy-spectre-xt-touchsmart-photos" title="The Verge" target="_blank">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/46270071733http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/46270071733Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:29:17 +0000HPLaptopMacBookMacBook AirWhat’s the bet that this is only on the market for about three months before being replaced by an upgraded model before being silently kille<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5112278fca3fb35bb5dc2ec8fa73b797/tumblr_mk4f3qTKND1r9e4qao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/46078442060http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/46078442060Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:59:50 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f5592aa8aecae8050a1224b3e6754854/tumblr_miqmcqpL6S1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HP Slate7: It actually has a screen with the acronym “FFS”. FFS.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/24/4023106/hp-slate-7-android-tablet-ships-april" title="The Verge" target="_blank">The Verge)</a></p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/43909205947http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/43909205947Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:36:26 +0000iPadHPSlateWTFOMGIKRFFSLOLROFLALLOL<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7c182bdcc62e945c2633fc4d1474afe0/tumblr_mil81mkm1E1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chromebook Pixel: You’re already thinking it; I don’t need to say anything.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/2/21/4013480/google-chromebook-pixel" title="The Verge">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/43664242256http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/43664242256Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:39:22 +0000MacBook ProGoogleChromeMACBOOK PROIT’S CLEARLY A MACBOOK PRO<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f64c85b0c88524270e56c2dca3b54d77/tumblr_mi88oy5inp1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Archos Platinum 116: Busy with my actual job at the moment (hey, this site is <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2013/02/13/blogonomics-maria-popova-edition/" title="Reuters">completely</a> free of advertising, so I have to, you know, work for a living) but it’s pleasing to see that some things never change. Back soon.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.androidcentral.com/archos-officially-announces-platinum-line-tablets-sale-beginning-february?utm_source=loopinsight.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+loopinsight%2FKqJb+%28The+Loop%29" title="Android Central" target="_blank">Android Central</a>, whatever the feck that is, via <a href="http://www.loopinsight.com/2013/02/14/these-archos-tablets-look-familiar/" title="The Beard" target="_blank">The Beard</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/43093557444http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/43093557444Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:24:34 +0000ArchosAndroidgeneric tabletso boring it hurtsi’m trapped in a tumblr hashtag factorysend help<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e86c4867e9d900991954b34b07adbf32/tumblr_mgqo45ZgNR1r9e4qao1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>HTC M7: Wait. What?</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/16/3882550/first-leaked-image-of-htc-m7-android-smartphone" title="The Verge" target="_blank">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40709008241http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40709008241Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:07:17 +0000HTCM7iphoneIPHONELOOK AT IT IT IS AN IPHONEWTF<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e5cbb7742489c13491961ae25eb70b6b/tumblr_mgdn8syJw01r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Panasonic 4K tablet: *collapses in a fit of giggles*</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3851422/panasonic-4k-tablet-windows-8-hands-on" title="The Verge" target="_blank">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116807729http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116807729Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:19:00 +0000CESlook at the size of that thing!MASSIVE HUGE TABLET<p><a href="http://'Steve%20Jobs%20is%20gone.%20Now%20there%20is%20a%20lack%20of%20innovation'%20says%20Huawei's%20consumer%20CEO" title="The Verge" target="_blank">*pisses self laughing*</a></p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116412928http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116412928Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:14:34 +0000CESHuaweiDeluded tech CEOs<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fba111a61cfbf82e8cd16619574ec42c/tumblr_mgdmwkYczs1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Alcatel One Touch Idol (yes, really): I don’t actually care. And neither should you.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852736/alcatel-one-touch-idol-ultra-hands-on" title="The Verge" target="_blank">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116244273http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116244273Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:12:00 +0000CESAlcateliPhonekill me now<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/81937d692be2de2aed0ca22d04f6602d/tumblr_mgdmssTTrl1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Toshiba Excite 10SE: Not just the Toshiba Excite 10, but the Toshiba Excite 10SE. Comes with climate control, front AND rear electric windows, and an upgraded stereo.</p> <p>(image from T<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/8/3852856/toshiba-excite-10-se-hands-on" title="The Verge" target="_blank">he Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116069884http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40116069884Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:10:03 +0000ToshibaExciteExciting!Another tabletiPadCES<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/877ef01708c46eb59bb47a1cd3944583/tumblr_mgdm94DSns1r9e4qao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Impecca Bamboo Keyboard: OH COME ON. REALLY. Who could have possibly guessed that <a href="http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/21106383396/a-wooden-keyboard" title="Inspired By Apple" target="_blank">wooden keyboards that looked like Mac keyboards</a> would be A Thing. FFS.</p> <p>(image from <a href="http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/9/3855746/impeccas-bamboo-keyboards-and-mice-are-surprisingly-comfortable" title="The Verge" target="_blank">The Verge</a>)</p>http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40115149909http://inspiredbyapple.tumblr.com/post/40115149909Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:58:16 +0000CESkeyboardMacbamboobamboo!it’s made from fucking bambooFFS