From Virtual Worldlets: Apple have recently filed a lengthy touchscreen patent for a new concept called a "gesture control".touchscreen.
Such a touchscreen behaves normally when touched by a single finger. But when more than one finger is used it completely changes its response, depending on the program running.
The patent suggests that holding a thumb in one corner of the screen while making a circular motion with the forefinger near the centre could bring up a rotary dial icon. This could be used to scroll through songs or turn up the volume on a music player.
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