Apples most recent patent of illuminated touch pads may not be for the iPod as other sites suggest, but rather for a smaller and less expensive iPhone (iPhone Nano). If you take a look at the diagrams from an older Apple patent touch pad with symbols based on mode, you will notice the telephone touch pad matches the illuminated touch pad patent. Pictured below are both patents together, see the similarities (pointed out in orange).

Please note the two pictured patents above are owned by apple and I’m using this just for blogging purposes.

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