Sam Oliver
The pictures came from Taiwanese blog Apple.pro, which speculated that the screen could be used in an "iPod touch nano," "iPod touch shuffle," or a wristbound product it dubbed "iWatch." As the part is simply the display and no other hardware, it is unknown whether it is actually a touchscreen, or just a small LCD display.
Apple's current iPod nano has a display that measures diagonally 2.2 inches (nearly 5.6 centimeters), larger than the purported Apple part shown in pictures.
Recently, Apple.pro has obtained a number of legitimate Apple parts before the final product was released. The blog showed off the white panel for the then-unannounced iPhone 4 in May, and also offered a look at the battery inside the iPhone 4 in June.
And in 2008, the blog posted photos of the new unibody enclosure of Apple's redesigned MacBook Pro before it was released.
But also in 2008, the site posted photos of an alleged aluminum 13-inch MacBook casing which proved to be false. And in 2009, the blog claimed that Apple was working on a 15-inch MacBook Air.
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I hope it's for fingerprint ID. With a bit of cunning, we can say goodbye to passwords.
At last.
Some are speculating in that it is actually a display for a future Apple TV remote.
Time will tell I guess. I actually have no idea what it might be good for other than what has already been posted.
I would buy an iWatch. I imagine it would be called iTime or something like that though.
That's about the right size for 4 icons on an iPhone. that would be pretty sweet on a new nano-fied Nano. I'd assume none of the normal apps would work, but even if it just controlled the iPod, a clock, and Nike+, I think I'd be a winner. Wonder if they'd just keep all the controls on the headphones or keep a button or two on the body...
Copyright 2009? So it's not completely new. It's been around for a while or so.