Apple Magic Trackpad slips out pre-WWDC
updated 07:25 am EDT, Mon June 7, 2010
Magic Trackpad may supplement
A possible component of Apple's WWDC unveilings may have been uncovered this morning as a leak has surfaced for what may be the Magic Trackpad. The design is a literal cross between the "no button" trackpad on MacBooks and the aesthetic of the Apple Wireless Keyboard that would serve as an alternative to a mouse for a desktop. Bluetooth would be certain, but the Engadget tipster didn't have any more details, including whether it the track would be unveiled today.
The peripheral is consistent with Apple's gradual push towards finger-driven interfaces and would give desktop Macs the same interface as their notebook counterparts. The Magic Mouse had already introduced some of this metaphor but still largely behaves as a regular mouse. It's unclear whether Apple plans to outright replace traditional mice or to simply make the Magic Trackpad an option.
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It makes sense And it's about time!
If true, I wonder what took Apple so long to release something like this. It's a natural progression of all we've seen developing on the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad and Mac trackpads for the past several years.
I sometimes even find myself poking at my MacBook Pro's screen, since getting an iPad.
The one thing I find a bit frustrating is the different ways that finger input varies between trackpad and iPad. I hope Apple is working to bridge the gap.