iPod with touch screen?
Apple insider has reported that apple had filed a patent on for a touch screen on an iPod or hand held device. The patent was filed on September 30, 2005 but was published yesterday. The patent was titled as "proximity detector in a hand held device" this points towards the idea of having an iPod that can sense when an object such as a finger is approaching. There are many possibilities what this patent could mean but many suspect that this patent will be used in the creation of a new iPod.
You can find the apple insider article here
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That's just mad isn't it? Would it be able to distinguish between levels of proximity? Say if your finger is further away doing a scrolling action, will the scrolling speed up as you get closer?