Apple May Remove the Home Button On the Next IPad

An anonymous reader writes "Steve Jobs is notoriously frugal when it comes to buttons so the latest rumor emanating out of Cupertino might not come as a huge surprise. Apple is reportedly planning to do away with the home button on the next-gen iPad and iPhone and replace its functionality with multitouch gestures. And as luck would have it, the newly seeded iOS 4.3 includes support for new multitouch gestures, one of which is the ability to use a four or five finger pinch to go back to the homescreen" The attached video demonstrates the new gestures for switching applications and demonstrates how you could function without the home button.

Comments

Re:Being serious,

[Captain Splendid]

and it has absolutely sod-all to do with actually making a decent design.

And where did I say anything about decent design? I didn't. Stop arguing against yourself, it's rude.

And two years from now, the "proof in the pudding" will be all the news stories about "well fuck, how did the iphone fall that fast?", just like the similar stories for the past two years about the downfall of RIM and the Blackberry.

Are you serious? Fantasy passing for argument now? I won't hold my breath, btw.

But I will bookmark this and see you in 2 years ;)