[IxDA Discuss] Yet Another iPod Birth Story

[Esteban Barahona]

...it wasn't obvious. The click wheel is a great concept, shouldn't it be
used for scrolling in any computer? It's much comfortable than using a
scroll (mouse) wheel... probably because it's circular. Why not add it to a
keyboard? next to the numbers pad maybe...

2006/10/17, Dan Saffer <dan at odannyboy.com>:
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> For those who can't get enough of Apple Lore...
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> http://www.wired.com/news/columns/cultofmac/0,71956-0.html?tw=rss.index
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> Although I think this is probably not true:
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> "Given the device's parts, the iPod's final shape was obvious. All
> the pieces sandwiched naturally together into a thin box about the
> size of a pack of cards.
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> "Sometimes things are really clear from the materials they are made
> from, and this was one of those times," said Rubinstein. "It was
> obvious how it was going to look when it was put together."
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> Uh huh. Right.
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