Apple patents “wide touchpad” for notebooks
By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 13th, 2007 • Category: Loose Ends, News for Creatives (archives)
“Apple as received a patent for a touchpad that basically extends for the entire length of a notebook computer, adding to a series of related patents expected to make their way to future MacBooks. As the patent notes, most laptop computers have a very small touchpad so the surrounding area of empty space can be used to rest the user’s palms. The new idea from Apple would be to have this empty space filled with a much wider touchpad.
The patent calls it a touch pad with “a width that extends substantially into the palm rests areas.”
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