Instead of button taps, you will use new multitouch gestures to navigate to the home screen and also to launch the app switcher. That’s not all, however.

An unverified report claims that Apple is planning to remove the home button on the iPad and iPhone as early as later this year, relying instead on multitouch gestures to return to the home screen.

There's also no button like the home button on the upcoming Motorola Xoom tablet, nor on RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, and now there's even chatter that Apple may hit "delete" on the iPad's physical ...

Mockups of iPad and iPhone lacking home buttons According to BGR, Apple is in fact contemplating doing just that, with both the iPad and iPhone being considered for home button removal.

Apple is preparing to remove the “home” button from the upcoming iPad and iPhone models, according to BGR. The move means that Apple has evidently added new multitouch gestures in the latest ...