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iPod/iPhone Nano With Touch Panel?

Posted by Zonk on from the they-feel-you dept.

Staska writes "A new Apple patent filing shows new directions for Apple's touch interface design. For smaller devices like iPod Nano, touchscreen interface may not be feasible — the screen is just too small for touch operation. According to the patent, Apple can still make full screen iPods and put a touch panel on the backside of the device with transparent controls on the front screen. In addition to iPod, patent filing also describes controls for the phone. ZDNet even thinks that this patent can hint about future touch interfaces for all Apple products."

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  1. TabletMacBook by kisrael · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wonder if they'll ever get around to a nice tablet MacBook type device, or if the shadow of Newton haunts them still...

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  2. Re:How about for their freaking laptops?!?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Just because it's stupid and unsafe doesn't mean people won't do it. Especially people who buy apple hardware who are, practically by definition, idiots to begin with.

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