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December 4, 2006
The Apple Core: iPhone patent revealed
On November 30, 2006 Apple filed what appears to be a patent for the iPhone, a mobile phone/iPod hybrid that has been rumored to be in development for over three years. In United States Patent Application #20060268528 Apple refers to the device as:
A handheld computing device is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a ceramic material that is radio-transparent.
It's pretty interesting that Apple is building the iPhone enclosure from ceramic material (which they call Zirconia in the patent) for "radio transparency." The change from aluminum and/or plastic (like the iPod) may allow Apple to make the iPhone's antenna internal, much like PalmOne did with the newish Treo 680.
Read the rest of the story on my ZDNet Blog: The Apple Core.
Posted by jasonogrady at December 4, 2006 10:59 AM
Category: The Apple Core
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Comments
Why does everyone think this ancient iPod mini housing patent has anything to do with an iPhone? This is getting ridiculous, read the patent and be impressed with the design of the iPod mini, but there is nothing about an iPhone in there.
Posted by: Greg Mote at December 5, 2006 11:08 AM
You guys sure this isn't just a wireless iPod or something?
Posted by: Matthew Cameron at December 5, 2006 4:05 PM
