It appeared in Panther dev builds and even briefly on its public "Mobility" features page but was pulled right before release: https://forums.macrumors.com/thr

It appeared in Panther dev builds and even briefly on its public "Mobility" features page but was pulled right before release: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/panther-feature-home-on-ipod.41018/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/panther-feature-home-on... Unfortunately the oldest snapshot in Wayback is October 12th 2003 with the blurb already removed. Apple filed a patent application for it in 2002 which was assigned in 2006. It expires this year! https://patents.google.com/patent/US7246226B1/ https://patents.google.com/patent/US7246226B1/ https://appleinsider.com/articles/06/10/11/apples_missing_home_on_ipod_feature_resurfaces_in_filing.html https://appleinsider.com/articles/06/10/11/apples_missing_ho...