“It’s one thing to add multitouch to a few applications, implementing the ability to pinch and zoom from the trackpad on the laptop with the Preview application, ” the engineer said.
It's a mouse in concept, sure, but a hybrid - a mouse that is also a giant, multi-touch trackpad.
After this, you are presented with a wireframe outline of the trackpad, and two mouse buttons.
The leaked external trackpad.
It's for that reason that Apple's next rumored product - an external, multi-touch trackpad - might actually make sense.
Unlike the old model, the new MacBook Air features flash-only storage, a large, multi-touch trackpad, extended battery life and a high resolution display.
Drag your finger half an inch across the trackpad, and your cursor goes all the way across the screen at the speed of light.