Remember this tiny touchscreen from July? At less than 1.5-inches in either direction,many have theorized it might be used in a new iPod Shuffle or Nano. So, how would something like that work? Check out this mockup of a tiny, multi-touch shuffle, which was conceived way back in 2008 by Graham Bower. This is what he imagines:
The screen is square shaped – perfect for album art, which is all it ever shows. The device is a little larger than the current shuffle, and it only has two buttons on the bottom – On/Off and Shuffle. Each time the Shuffle goes from one track to the next, it uses a neat “Push” transition (illustrated) to change album art. In shuffle mode, it transitions quickly between multiple album covers, moving in different directions to suggest shuffling. Swiping your finger from left to right across the screen cues the next track, and in the other direction it goes back to the previous track. Swiping your finger up and down controls the volume. Tapping on the screen toggles between pause and play. It’s that simple.
That’s pretty eerily close to the hardware leaked last month. I’m still not convinced how much you can actually control on a screen that tiny.
[via Cult of Mac]
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Not sure how you’ll control a touchscreen that small? Think of the different speeds of “scrubbing” when you’re controlling searching through an iPod song. I have a feeling that the Shuffle will behave in a similar fashion.
Not sure how it will work but I am sure it will be “MAGICAL”.
It will change everything. Again.