they stole a design i helped create at my last job. it was a touch screen interface for an in-dash navigation/phone/email/music/video player system for a concept VW. was shown at a car show. check out the video. this was about 2 years ago.
paulchang.com/portfolio/vw_passat/vw_passat.php
― jaxon, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:21 (sixteen years ago) link
also, people buying places in line for $400. ha. dumbasses. my friend woke up at 8 on saturday and went down to the store and bought 2 iPhones, no line.
what is justification for exchanging x minutes from your life in order to rapidly consume consumer product, if that product will still be available for next x years?
― Stormy Davis, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 05:27 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah it looks like a ripoff, particularly the horizontal menu nesting. and i have never heard of wireless device charging consol. wow
are you a look/feel/functionality designer or an engineer?
― sanskrit, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link
the idea of people waiting in line for this thing: ;_;
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 12:40 (sixteen years ago) link
that VW thing was just a (mostly working) flash demo for a concept car. don't think it was (will) ever see the light of day.
i'm a visual designer/art director
― jaxon, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
...aka TRIPSTRE
― Steve Shasta, Tuesday, 3 July 2007 18:32 (sixteen years ago) link