iPhone takes nostalgia to a new level

Designer Robert Fabricant argues in 5 reasons why the iPhone is older than you think that the iPhone's interface is nothing new; that the icons and other aesthetic features are simply borrowed from other devices over the years. One point he makes that I find particularly interesting is that Apple is creating a sort of hyper neo-nostalgia, particularly with its use of a 1950's-style TV as an icon for their YouTube application — the world's most popular online video site is about as far removed as you can get from the domesticated family television set of the immediate post-war era.