Apple Granted Patent For iPod Scroll Wheel

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Apple a scroll wheel patent, which covers the iPod’s use of a touch-sensitive scrolling surface. Titled “Touch pad for handheld device” and originally filed in 2006, U.S. Patent 7,348,967 describes a handheld music player that “includes a controller disposed inside the housing and configured to acquire motion information from the touch pad assembly and to control various...

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Onda Announces VX767 Personal Media Player

Onda has announced a new personal media player (PMP), the VX767. This small attractive model features a large 4.3 inch, 16:9 true (480 × 272 resolution) widescreen display, a 400 MHZ chip, RM / RMVB format support with resolutions up to 720 × 576, as well as love for the FLV / AVI / MOV / ASF / MP4 / WMV / 3GP / MPG video formats, and support for MP3, WMA, APE, and FLAC. In addition the VX767 will support LRC lyrics, and have the...

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