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"Virtual clickwheel" Clearly wasn't a very accurate source. Unless apple did actually consider adding it at one point.
by chaos_a 6y ago
"Virtual clickwheel"
Clearly wasn't a very accurate source. Unless apple did actually consider adding it at one point.
- acdha 6y agoDoesn’t that sound like a way to replace the mechanical wheel with a touchscreen?
- scarface74 6y agoThe UI was easy to change. But the form factor abd the size of the screen (3.5 inches), was pretty much spot on. What are the chances that the rumor mill would get the size just right two years before the iPhone was announced if it Apple hadn’t already basically decided on a form factor by then? Even with the iPad, the first interface ideas were to just have a big iPhone interface with no accordances to the larger screen. (Source: various interviews of former employees on the Debug podcast).