Revamped Video iPod With Touch Screen On The Way? (AAPL, CY, SYNA)

Think Secret reports that it 'can confirm recent rumblings' that Apple (AAPL) will rework the video iPod, removing its click wheel and replacing it with a touch screen and a 3.5-inch diagonal display (the current 5G iPod has a 2.5-inch screen) . The display will occupy the entire front face of the device. Think Secret reports that sources who have seen the device report that it features a digital click wheel, one that overlays the touch-sensitive display and appears when a finger touches it and disappears when the finger is removed; sources indicate that AAPL could hold an exclusive license on the technologies, thus limiting the ability of others to copy the design.

StreetAccount notes that Cypress (CY) and Synaptics (SYNA) have supplied AAPL with click wheels for past iPods, but that it is unclear if either would be involved in the new iPod reported by Think Secret.

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