In the meantime we’ve lost pretty much any innovation in the physical space.
I have a great illustration with a simple product I cannot find : a _modern_ … alarm clock.
I’ve been searching for the ultimate alarm clock in a while with the following list of must have :
- FM/AM and DAB+
- Decent sound/speaker
- Nice ringtones (with decent sound) and not just beep beep beep or a radio station …
- A brightness suitable for an alarm clock (that’s something we aren’t able to make anymore it seems or nobody cares anymore)
- Physical buttons that you can use in the dark
- Good build quality
And that’s all.
It’s not an unreasonable list of features. In fact, most alarm clocks on the market have most of those features, nothing in this list is exceptional. Yet, I totally fail to find one that have it all.
It just feels like objects are all the same now and that nobody cares.
Sure, you can use your smartphone as an alarm clock. But even if you wanted (I don’t) it doesn’t check all those requirements.
At this point I'd settle for one where the button on top just lights up the numbers without playing awful compressed babbling brook sounds at full volume.
I have a great illustration with a simple product I cannot find : a _modern_ … alarm clock.
I’ve been searching for the ultimate alarm clock in a while with the following list of must have :
- FM/AM and DAB+
- Decent sound/speaker
- Nice ringtones (with decent sound) and not just beep beep beep or a radio station …
- A brightness suitable for an alarm clock (that’s something we aren’t able to make anymore it seems or nobody cares anymore)
- Physical buttons that you can use in the dark
- Good build quality
And that’s all.
It’s not an unreasonable list of features. In fact, most alarm clocks on the market have most of those features, nothing in this list is exceptional. Yet, I totally fail to find one that have it all.
It just feels like objects are all the same now and that nobody cares.
Sure, you can use your smartphone as an alarm clock. But even if you wanted (I don’t) it doesn’t check all those requirements.