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News: Apple receives patent for iPod scroll wheel

from iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published a patent granted to Apple, Inc. which broadly covers the iPod’s use of a touch-sensitive scrolling surface for accessing media in combination with on-screen and possibly audio scrolling cues. Titled “Touch pad for handheld device” and originally filed in 2006, U.S. Patent 7,348,967 describes a handheld music player that “includes a controller disposed inside the housing and… Read More

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  • Title: News: Apple receives patent for iPod scroll wheel
  • Written on: March 25th, 2008
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