More Apple tablet rumors

The drawing where the hand is using the scroll wheel. For one I can see the close,min and max icons for the windows on OSX. I highly doubt OS is no the iPod, that would be jumping the gun. Two. my iPod is smaller than my hand, and that thing is huge! Also on the patent it mentions tablet!

But the same 'magic click-wheel" could be used on the next iPod.

The drawing where the hand is using the scroll wheel. For one I can see the close,min and max icons for the windows on OSX. I highly doubt OS is no the iPod, that would be jumping the gun. Two. my iPod is smaller than my hand, and that thing is huge! Also on the patent it mentions tablet!

But the same 'magic click-wheel" could be used on the next iPod.

The drawing where the hand is using the scroll wheel. For one I can see the close,min and max icons for the windows on OSX. I highly doubt OS is no the iPod, that would be jumping the gun. Two. my iPod is smaller than my hand, and that thing is huge! Also on the patent it mentions tablet!

But the same 'magic click-wheel" could be used on the next iPod.

Guys, guys, guys. This isnt a Tablet PC (well at least i dont think so). I think it has more to do with the Home Entertainment scene. Remember the rumored MacMini for the living room. Oh yes imagine a full featured controller like this (that may or may not be an actual computer).

Did anyone notice the deformed fingers in the drawings. Mus be iPod thumb or the soon to be extinct blueberry thumb...

The illustration of the contorted hand actually appears to be gripping a virtual mouse, the index finger on a virtual mouse button.

How about this; a new video iPod with the same form factor as they have now with a full length screen which can, of course be viewed in landscape. The screen is touch sensitive and when you need to change something, it reacts and the scroll wheel appears and off you go. Hmm just a thought.

But what if I don't have a horribly deformed claw for a right hand like the guy in Fig. 23D?

"anyone notice the ipodlike scroll wheel is "shown" to scroll the other way? instead of scrolling clockwise like the iPod, it arrow shows to scroll the other way. We all spend too much time on Apple...."

um...my scrollwheel is bi-directional...

God, I hope they've made some kind of deal with Wacom! If not it will be a nice idea that doesn't work for artists. I need to be able to do more than drag a file with my finger. I use a Wacom tablet with a pressure sensitive pen to do illustration. If Apple produces a tablet computer that isn't sophistcated enough to accomplish what I can already do with my tablet I will be very disappointed.