
challenge five: Design
The iPod pioneered a design trend that we’ve
seen spread, first to other media players, then
to the iPhone, then to every single other phone
in the world. The Maker’s Bill of Rights (opposite
page) reads like a point-by-point counter to the
iPod. “Cases shall be easy to open” — the iPod’s
case snaps together, and opening it is rather
akin to shucking an oyster. “Screws better than
glues” — we’ve had to engineer a whole suite of
specialty tools to remove adhesive, from suction
cups to heat application tools.
What was rare is now the norm. When it
debuted, we gave Microsoft’s Surface Laptop our
first ever zero out of 10 r ...