An Apple branded screen has popped up online immediately sparking more wild speculation than a 1.2in x 1.2in square of circuitry ever should. The tiny display was unearthed by Taiwanese blog Apple.pro which has form when it comes to grabbing Apple parts ahead of time – it got its mitts on an iPhone 4 white case and revealed the iPhone 4 battery way before launch. Could we be looking at the guts of a brand new Apple product?
The Apple.pro pictures show a screen branded as an Apple part but besides the display there’s no other elements on show. That means it could just be a small LCD display or part of a touchscreen. The current iPod nano has a 2.2in screen and there are already suggestions that the display could be destined for an iPod Touch Nano or a gesture-controlled iPod Shuffle.
The wildest speculation doing the rounds is that the leaked Apple display is destined for a wrist-mounted iWatch. That’s the result of imaginations running wild as much as we’d like to see Apple’s take on a Dick Tracey-style wrist computer. Even the idea of creating such a small touchscreen iPod is a little crazy but after Apple killed the iPod Shuffle screen off, it’s not impossible.
Peering at such a tiny component and trying to predict what Apple may do with it (if anything) is clearly a little barmy. Still, we’d feel remiss if we didn’t ask you: will this screen turn up in one of Apple’s next creations alongside the new iPod touch?
