how do the new ipods detect button presses?
[106 byte] By [xanaty] at [2007-11-9 12:45:26] 
since there are no buttons to press in, how does the ipod detect a "press"? is it done by heat detection?
# 1 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
capacitance, just like trackpads on laptopsPhil at 2007-11-15 14:16:08 >
# 2 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
It's like magic...only not.ZoidbergD at 2007-11-15 14:17:09 >
# 3 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
Electrostatically. Wow thats a huge wordcouchpotato at 2007-11-15 14:18:18 >
# 4 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
that is somewhat true. The scroll pad in the center is the same type of material that a mouse pad on a lap top works. It detects heat or "electrostatic" which inatemate objects do not project...such as an eraser tip, try it sometime...deftdrummer1 at 2007-11-15 14:19:13 >
# 5 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
how do the new ipods detect button presses? Poorly.
dmt1 at 2007-11-15 14:20:12 >
# 6 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
Originally posted by dmt1 how do the new ipods detect button presses?
Poorly.
It works great for me!
mongoos150 at 2007-11-15 14:21:22 >
# 7 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
godjasonmccabe at 2007-11-15 14:22:18 >
# 8 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
What about god?ZoidbergD at 2007-11-15 14:23:21 >
# 9 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
It usually works--but try it with sweaty fingers at the gym...Then it can be a problem. Also, there can sometimes be a huge lag in the time you press the button to the time it responds when moving to the next song--my gen2 never did this. Took me awhile to get used to--I'm sure it has something to do with the buffer--but I would click to the next song, nothing would happen, then I click it again, and again, then it goes three songs forward instead of one...Just got to be aware of the 3-5 second delay that occurs occasionally. Hopefully this will be fixed in a future firmware update. I prefer the old button style over the new, but I suppose in the long run the new ones will be less prone to break...dmt1 at 2007-11-15 14:24:19 >
# 10 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
It is not heat sensitive at all. I don't know where you are getting that from deftdrummer1couchpotato at 2007-11-15 14:25:20 >
# 11 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
Originally posted by ZoidbergD What about god?
how do the new ipods detect button presses?
GOD
jasonmccabe at 2007-11-15 14:26:19 >
# 12 Re: how do the new ipods detect button presses?
Um...okay.ZoidbergD at 2007-11-15 14:27:28 >
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