A 2005, Apple Shugaba Steve Jobs tsara wani ra'ayin yin amfani da wani Multi-touch touchscreen don hulɗa tare da kwamfuta a hanyar da ya iya kai tsaye rubuta a kan nuni. Ya yanke shawarar cewa yana bukatar a yi uku-Layered touch screen, wani sosai sabon da ci-gaba da fasaha a lokacin. Wannan ya taimaka tare da cire jiki keyboard da kuma linzamin kwamfuta, kamar kwamfutar hannu kwamfuta. Jobs dauka a rukuni na Apple injiniyoyi don bincika da ra'ayin a matsayin gefe aikin. A lokacin da Jobs sake nazari da samfur da kuma ta mai amfani da dubawa, ya tsara na biyu ra'ayin aiwatar da fasaha a kan wani wayar hannu.
Shekarar 2005