Apple: Next Gen iPod Patent Has “Touch Surface” On Back →
https://marco.org/2007/05/10/apple-next-gen-ipod-patent-has-touch-surface-on-back
Everyone who’s getting excited about this: Don’t get your hopes up. Apple always patents crazy ideas that they never use. If every Apple patent went into production, we’d have about 12 Tablet-Macs and 7 widescreen iPod models by now.