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User Interface the New Focus in Digital Music Player DesignAs more and more MP3 player makers improve their devices' external design, the user interface is becoming an important differentiating factor, the chief executive officer of one of the world's biggest MP3 player makers said Wednesday.
Joon Yang, CEO of South Korea's Reigncom, which produces players under the IRiver brand name, said that the exterior design of his company's devices used to make them stand out from the competition.
But competitors have caught up on exterior design, pushing IRiver to focus on something else.
"It's hard to differentiate by design," Yang said in an interview at the SEK exhibition in Seoul on Wednesday.
"We thought, 'Why do we need control buttons?
Controls are ugly, so if it's possible to eliminate them and use the display."
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