Today has been an absolute Apple fest with the latest piece of news coming from Patently Apple. The guys have discovered a new patent that has been approved for the iPhone 4, yes you read it right the iPhone 4 is now fully patent protected including the antenna that gave birth to the ‘antenna gate’ scandal back in 2010. It’s all rather odd to be reading about a patent...
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More Apple patent news has got the gossips’ tongues wagging and the rumour mill rolling. The latest is a cracker it has to be said, and if you every fancied using your PC / tablet / phone as a projector then maybe, just maybe, the guys at Apple are working on something which could be right up your street. But then there is also a good chance that they aren’t. Let’s...
Apple has been busy with their patents of late, today’s news relates to the future of the iPhone, iPad and iPod. It details a different type of screen technology that would partially replace their Retina display with an e-link/LCD display similar the Amazon Kindle e-reader. This ‘smart screen’ would actually utilize both Retina and E-ink depending on what was on...
The guys over at Patently Apple have been busy in the archives again and this time their findings could possibly relate to the iPhone 5. The patent has given finer detail to the smart bezel which surfaced earlier in the year. The technology could mean that future iPhones or iPads could do away with buttons and be controlled by gestures and touch instead. The patent shows...
A patent application could be the clue to some exciting iPad changes on the way for people who want to make their own websites as simply as possible and wherever they want to. The web designer known as iWeb is a Mac program but Apple has recently put in a patent form which seems to show that the iPad will soon host a version which will “work with gestures”. No release...
The Apple iPad 2 is a hot topic at the moment, it is expected to be the next device released by Apple and we could be getting our first official view of it within the next couple of weeks. This hasn’t stopped new rumours and patents coming to light, today’s relates to a new ‘smart bezel’ that could be used on future devices. The patent sets out plans for an increase...
The past few months have been crammed full of rumours with a fair share of them coming from new or past patents showcasing technology that could feature on the upcoming Apple iPad 2. Back in January a patent showed that Apple have the technology (well the idea at least) to make the iPad 2 thinner and lighter and today’s revelation from Patently Apple suggests that it...
We have been covering lately quite a few of the top rumours about the design of the new iPad 2. While a lot of the rumours and speculation have been based on photos and videos on Chinese tech sites, or on the supposed new iPad 2 design seen at the recent CES 2011, the latest piece of information comes from a different source altogether. One thing which is now becoming...
2011 is set to be a big year for the tablet world, Apple will launch their iPad 2, Blackberry will launch their Playbook tab and now it seems HTC will also get in on the action. Following various patents by Apple HTC have also filed a patent for a “handheld wireless device, namely, a tablet computer.” Speculation about the specifications of the HTC Scribe are rife,...
It seems Apple might be planning a new form of tablet come laptop, similar to the HP Touchsmart or Dell Inspiron Duo, however we expect Apple’s offering will be a fair bit thinner and coveted by iPad and Macbook Air owners alike – it appears Apple would like to take the best from both devices to create a hybrid device. Unlike the Inspiron Duo this patent actually shows...