<![CDATA[In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs.]]>In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. It was canned after an engineer showed Jobs and he struggled to complete a game of Tetris due to Click Wheel drift.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116479844998720685https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/aburka/statuses/116479844998720685Tue, 28 Apr 2026 01:56:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:25:48 GMT]]>@michi “click wheel drift” omg the pain is real

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/finitebaffle/statuses/116479252764581931https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/finitebaffle/statuses/116479252764581931Mon, 27 Apr 2026 23:25:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:26:11 GMT]]>@michi @NanoRaptor iPod DJ!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Taffer/statuses/116479018344903989https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Taffer/statuses/116479018344903989Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:26:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:03:40 GMT]]>@michi

All these competent Apple designers that Meta could have hired.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/darryl_ramm/statuses/116478693884183448https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/darryl_ramm/statuses/116478693884183448Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:03:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:03:32 GMT]]>@jnazario @KormaChameleon DJ Hero came out that year, so this could have been the perfect mobile device to play it on.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/michi/statuses/116478693393794042https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wetdry.world/users/michi/statuses/116478693393794042Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:03:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:02:34 GMT]]>@KormaChameleon @michi IKR?! that's what I thought it was, a mini virtual turntable deck with an LCD fader.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jnazario/statuses/116478689589558958https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jnazario/statuses/116478689589558958Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:02:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:02:29 GMT]]>@michi a bad workman blames his tools. Jobs should have practiced with the similarly discontinued Gameboy D, with double D-pads, but snobbism towards Nintendo withheld him.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://waag.social/ap/users/115877358980648357/statuses/116478689254437852https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://waag.social/ap/users/115877358980648357/statuses/116478689254437852Mon, 27 Apr 2026 21:02:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:55:52 GMT]]>@glitchy404 @michi exactly

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/felipe/statuses/116478663216916382https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/felipe/statuses/116478663216916382Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:55:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:54:06 GMT]]>@michi The engineer said "we added another button" and Jobs just unhinged his jaw and devoured the guy whole.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://anarres.family/users/SymTrkl/statuses/116478656294590643https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://anarres.family/users/SymTrkl/statuses/116478656294590643Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:54:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:52:28 GMT]]>@michi i would DJ on this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/KormaChameleon/statuses/116478649839172553https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/KormaChameleon/statuses/116478649839172553Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:52:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:03:13 GMT]]>@glitchy404 @michi that's the joke.

This sone @NanoRaptor - style …

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116478456185641122https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116478456185641122Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:03:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to In 2009, Apple experimented with an iPod built for mobile gaming with a second Click Wheel used for control inputs. on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:54:12 GMT]]>@michi how would drift even happen with that?

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