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Recently Published Apple Patent Reveals Possible Tablet Interface

Via a recently published patent application, Apple has again disclosed plans for a multi-touch surface that could accommodate two full hands and distinguish between palms and individual fingers for typing, gestures and more. According to AppleInsider, the application, filed by Morrison and Foerster LLP in Los Angeles in June 2009 on behalf of Apple, expands […]

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Recent Apple Patents Suggest Upcoming Facial Recognition, Improved Videoconferencing Systems

Recently-released filings from the United States Patent and Trademark Office reveal that Apple may be planning face-detection components for its Mac and iPhone operating systems, in addition to working on ways to netter the quality of video conferences conducted via iChat. According to MacRumors, a current filing builds upon ways in which users may be […]

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Apple Files Patent for Motion-Adaptive iPhone Software

Apple may be looking into creating a version of its iPhone with a front-facing camera as well as a software interface capable of adjusting itself for more precise interaction when the user carrying the phone is in motion. While the front-facing camera idea hints towards the inevitable adoption of video conference capabilities by the iPhone […]

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Patent application revelations II

In yesterday’s installment I covered some of the revelations found in Apple’s United States Patent Application #20060268528. Today it’s multiple input devices, dedicated power and new battery technology…

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The Apple Core

The Apple Core: Patent application reveals much about iPod/iPhone

Yesterday I posted a note about Apple’s United States Patent Application #20060268528 for a “handheld computing device includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a ceramic material that is radio-transparent.” Dive into the world of seamless enclosures, extruded tubes, internal rails and radio transparent ceramics…