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[John Jet]

The other element in the Synaptics-Apple issue as to why there has been no press release or denial is the legal dimension. The agreements between Apple and Synaptics are confidential. Did Synaptics grant Apple a period of exclusivity for the ClickWheel [e.g., Zen Micro uses non-wheel interface] in return for a period of exclusivity as a sole-source provider? Fair question, but only the insiders know. Neither Apple nor Synaptics is going to tell us. Nor are their legal departments going to approve any hastily written press releases to calm the market when they have no legal responsibility to respond to rumors and whatever they say (or do not say) would become grist for the class action lawyers.