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iPod back touch screen panel patent |
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Written by Kostas Tzounopoulos
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Saturday, 12 May 2007 |
 A new patent filled by Apple reveals how the next generation iPod can be. Small screen players are difficult to operate with touch screen. So Apple's patent describes how this can be done by placing a touch sensitive "cover" at the back of player...
From UnwiredView : [...] Apple now has a solution. Why not make a full screen iPod or iPhone Nano, and put an operational touchpanel on the back side? This way you can have a full screen of Next Gen iPod/iPhone Nano for viewing. When active touchpanel on the back side is activated, transparent device controls appear, depending on the mode the device is in - scroll wheel, song list for music, alphanumeric keypad for dialing, QWERTY softkeys for messages. The cursor on the screen will follow the position of your finger. You can slide the finger through the force sensitive touchpanel, applying pressure when you reach the desired control or symbol and selecting it. [...]
Read Apple's new iPod patent. [via SlashDot ]
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