Apple working on adding multi-touch to iPod click-wheels

Having pioneered multi-touch for its iPhone and iPod touch handhelds, Apple later extended the technology to trackpads on its Mac notebook line and now appears ripe to introduce the first iPod click-wheels with similar capabilities.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/06/04/apple_working_on_adding_multi_touch_to_ipod_click_wheels.html

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