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R!k

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Is it not possible to modify the iphone to scroll in two dimensions (up-down, left-right) rather than just left-right?

i.e. currently its something like (starting with the home screen) [H]=[2]=[3]=[4]=[5]...

...but could you have a 3 x 3 screen array, with the home screen in the centre and it wouldn't require adding any more screens:

[2]===[3]===[4]
||.'.'.'.'.'.||.'.'.'.'.'.||
||.'.'.'.'.'.||.'.'.'.'.'.||
[5]===[H]===[6]
||.'.'.'.'.'.||.'.'.'.'.'.||
||.'.'.'.'.'.||.'.'.'.'.'.||
[7]===[8]===[9]

...Instead of having to scroll accross 9 pages to find an app, you would just scroll down one then across one to screen 9 (presuming diagonal scrolling isn't an option)This way each screen is a maximum of 2 scrolls (and one home click) away from one another.

Does anyone know if this is even remotely possible? I'm not a developer, so I wouldn't know where to start!
 
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