Kent Pribbernow
08-31-2004, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1640787,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K0000530' target='_blank'>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1640787,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K0000530</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but is a straight line the best way to navigate your music files? The Zen Touch invades Apple's formerly exclusive territory of touch-driven interfaces with a finger-wide, vertical touch pad in the center of the player instead of the iPod's well-known touch wheel. Anyone who's used a hard-disk music player knows you do a lot of scrolling, and scrolling is where buttons and rocker switches are at their worst. But is the Zen Touch's inch-long pad the equal of iPod's endless loop?"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/0%2C1311%2Csz%3D1%26i%3D79078%2C00.jpg" /><br /><br />This is the first MP3 player hardware I have seen that sports a similar touch-sensitive interface similar to the iPod. I thought Apple had a patent on this?