The Crunchpad is proof of obviousness in iPad design
The iPad is basically a big iPhone, so pointing out that there were people making a big iPhone between when the iPhone was announced and when the iPad was announced just shows that they were copying the iPhone instead of the iPad.<p>Simple, minimalist, elegant designs look obvious in retrospect.<p>The fact that Samsung, HTC, and others are aping Apple's designs in the iPhone and iPad is clear. Denying it only makes you look ridiculous. The question is, are they aping it too much or are they bringing enough new to the table for it to be considered an original design? That's something that almost has to be addressed on a device by device basis.