Originally posted by ogl Steve Jobs was just talented manager and businessman. The charismatic leader of Apple. Good designer.
The seller of cool hyped-up almost useless products with good design. 95% of Jobs's patents are the patents of design.
He invented NOTHING new, but could use another's inventions expertly in proper time....
As for me - I never used Apple products and I have no any need to use it.
Guys, this is a different fight.
Apple was brought into the discussion to emphasize the different products. We don't want Pentax products to turn into Apple products: Pretty but less functional, and performing a lot less then the competition.
Pentax used to be 100% about functionality and ergonomics, bringing in such a 'designer' is making us worry. That a products is prettier, with the loss of functionality doesn't make it better. Our hands cannot shapeshift, there's only a few designs that will work for humans. And Pentax used to NAIL that SPOT-ON.
If it isn't broken, don't fix it. The designs is the LEAST of Pentax worries. They should concentrate on what they are lacking. Not on improving or changing what they already win at. Nobody has ever complained about their ergonomics or design. They did however about their small lens lineup, Lack of FF, inconsistent AF, etc... etc...