Over the last year there has been many designers posting their love for Apple and the iPhone. The critiques took a long time to appear and I got bored quickly of the hype. Too much hype makes me tune out. Kottke posted a link to Tufte's praise of the iPhone and I was going to ignore it. But of course I did not as you can see.

Tufte does a beautiful job simply explaining how the iPhone meets the core needs of the interaction and visual design. He also points out where the iPhone does not do so well and gives good examples of how things could be improved.

Listen, watch and learn. This short design review provides many lessons.

Interface design and the iPhone by E. Tufte

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