3x3cm Apple touchscreen spotted... Yeahbuwhy?
If this is indeed a 3x3cm Apple touchscreen (multitouch screen?) then what's it for? New Apple TV? New Apple TV remote? New MacBook Pro multitouch trackpad with display? iPhone nano? iPad nano? Secondary display? Unicorn HUD?
Give us your best guess!
[tw.apple.pro via MacRumors]
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It's for the iPod Nano.
Was this found in a bar too?
Perhaps it's just a proff of concept?
6x6 cm with the bumper.
Who says its apples?
I geo colds that it could the screen for the nano but it could be for a mouse also
I bet it's a new iPod shuffle.
GPS?
I doubt it's a gps or apple will release a nano like that it might be a remote which would be a weird looking remote...
Yeah, what makes it "Apple" touchscreen? What I see is just A touchscreen, without a label
Does it taste like Apple, maybe?
iWatch.
Unicorn HUD!
Biometric security. Probably to read fingerprints for Enterprise Mac Book Pro's. Next thing you know Apple might add docking station ports to MBPs.
iPad mini
I agree with AarontheRed. I hope It's for the iWatch.
It's the new clickwheel.
Midgets.
It's not a screen, it's a photovoltaic cells component.
Crap. It's the control center for Steve Jobs iLiver. Somebody hook that thing back up!
Some of the other pictures shows "Apple" printed on the cable.
Dude, don't ask questions, I read this for THE answers
It's the new apple Kin phone
Solar panel? Fingerprint reader?
Touch screen nipple pasties.
touchpad for MacBook Pro.
three CENTIMETERS? That's TINY. you can see all the pixels?
iPod nano "virtual click wheel." Existing nano is 38.7mm wide, so this would be just about the right size to replace the click wheel. Why? So the controls could always be rendered with "play/pause" at the bottom. Right now, when you turn the nano on its left or right side, the controls are rotated 90 degrees to the left or right. This is the kind of thing Steve hates, so it must be fixed.
Could it be a touch pad for the back of the iPhone/ iPod touch to scroll with the index finger of the hand that is holding it?
@emre - "Yeah, what makes it “Apple” touchscreen? What I see is just A touchscreen, without a label"
Other sites show an enlargement of the ribbon cable. It reads "Apple 2009".
What it's NOT. Screen for Apple Remote? No. Remote needs to be usable without looking. Video screen for new iPod nano? No, too small, and too square. iWatch? iDontThinkSo.
A notification screen for next-generation iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad. Perhaps with some home button functionality.
iDontKnow
Can you really do much with a 2cm x 2cm touchscreen?
I just noticed the little white square on the home button of my iPhone and ipad is 3cm by 3cm square. Maybe a notification light/screen for the home button in future models?
Or it could be a touch sensor for the home button to make more use of the home button. You may be able to tap or press down the home button in different sequences, it'll open it up for functionality.
@Dave:
You've got yourself one humungous home button there.
Maybe an LCD button that has a graphic that changes according to the app or whatever? Sort of like the oled keyboard where you could have different graphics for each key.
Whatever it is, it's sure to be magic and revolutionary!
Guys from Slashgear are saying it could be some kind of watch.
It's part of the new iPhone with a working antenna! Way to go Apple!
Eval board? Vendor sample?
iMedallion iSpecs iWatch ibuckle irunoutofstupidideas
I work for apple and it's for an iDontgiveafk coming soon!! If u give a fk look out for it if you don't!! Your gonna want one.
finger print recognition
Two words: iPad Nano
I'm not very tech-ish... but curious if a thumbprint reader can evolve from a touch screen? Say for example to unlock a phone, macbook. Would be nice to see this on the back glass of future iphones where you can have the owner's thumbprint unlock the phone for use instead of a typing your 4 pin number or key phrase.