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Leaked Apple Patent Filing is Full of New Multitouch Tech For a Mac Tablet [Mac Tablet]
Gizmodo —
... Appleinsider has gotten their hands on a large patent filing from Apple that we haven't seen before, and it's loaded with plans for how a multitouch interface would work on a tablet Mac running full-blown OS X. It covers how small interface buttons will be handled, iPhone-like scrolling through lists, details on a full multi-touch keyboard, and a nifty pop-up scroll wheel. And on top of all that, it seems like it'll even work if you have freaky alien fingers! Let's take a closer look. ...
Apple touch tablet patents are pretty much what you expect
CrunchGear —
... Apple Insider uncovered some documents filed by Apple a couple months ago detailing some aspects of a touch-based interface in a full OS X environment. It shows a pair of horribly gnarled hands interacting with iTunes, and vaguely human hands touching generic windows and such. A sort of “virtual click wheel” seems to be implemented, although other than that there are few revelations. ...
Leaked: Apple Filing Illustrates Multitouch Tablet Technology
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... AppleInsider claims it discovered the report,
containing 52 pages describing how the tablet will detect simultaneous
touches and motions. The tablet would take the existing touchscreen
technology on the iPhone a step further: While the handset only detects
two fingers, the tablet would detect contact from two hands. ...
Apple Multi-Touch Patent suggests next-gen MacBook Tablet interface
SlashGear —
... be possible, appearing either when a certain number of fingers (e.g two) touched the screen or when a user touched a specific area of the GUI. Apple describes a possible interface for iTunes whereby a single finger selects options (tracks, etc) while two fingers calls up the on-screen scrollwheel. They could be rotated either with a circular motion or an upward/downward one.
The patent is an updated amalgam of previously awarded filings from the past two years.
[via AppleInsider] ...
Patente da Apple revela mais detalhes sobre uma futura Mac tablet
MacMagazine —
... O AppleInsider encontrou uma patente registrada pela Apple que revela muitas técnicas para adaptar o Mac OS X em uma tablet por meio da sua tecnologia multi-touch, já existente no iPhone e no iPod touch. ...
Apple MultiTouch Laptop patent once again heralding a MacTab?
Coolest Gadgets —
... navigated in the iPhone under iTunes, with a simple swipe of a finger. And a full size keyboard would be completely virtual on the screen, enabling multiple touch and high speed typing. There will also be a virtual scroll wheel which could be of some advantage to film editors out in the field, seeking to put together a rough cut of a scene in real time while the film is being shot. Although in reality the scroll wheel will more likely be used in an ITunes style manner.
Hat Tip Apple Insider [ Apple MultiTouch Laptop patent once again heralding a ...
Apple patenta un sistema multitactil para Tablet PCs, que empiecen los rumores
Gizmologia —
... rumores desde hace años, que Apple podría lanzar una Tablet PC pero con el evidente estilo de Apple.
Esto es practicamente humo en el aire, hay quienes hablan de un Tablet PC del tamaño de un portátil como el MacBook, pero también se puede entender como un MID. Por ahora vamos a dejarlo como una patente de un posible producto de Appel, es decir, lo que viene a ser un rumor de toda la vida.
¿A quien le gustaría ver una Tablet PC de Apple?
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Apple patent filing details touchscreen tablet
Engadget —
... and details everything from working with multiple finger inputs to onscreen keyboards how window controls would work, but we're mostly transfixed by the claw-like demon-hands that seem to be operating all this kit -- apparently Apple engineers have the same nightmares as the rest of us. If we had to bet, we'd say that a tablet Mac is still a long ways off, but we've been wrong before -- and there's always a chance Steve's got something wild in store for next month. [Via AppleInsider]Read | Permalink | Email this ...
Apple illustrates next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Mac
D' Technology Weblog —
... Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system. Much of the 52-page filing describes methods for accurately detecting and deciphering a plurality of simultaneous contacts on a touch screen, which sets the foundation for future tablet-based products that users can manipulate using not only more than one finger, but more than one hand.
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Apple planning tocuh screen tablet
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine —
August 30, 2008 Apple was the company that first took the mouse and the Graphical User Interface to market and it has continued to lead the world in CHI design ever since, with its iPod scroll wheel and iPhone touch screen interface triumphs just some of numerous significant contributions since then. Rumours of a touch screen Macintosh have been rife recently and AppleInsider report earlier this week of a ...
Apple planning touch screen MacTablets?
T3.com All —
... with greater ease. Other neat concepts that the company has in mind include a media scroll button - similar in style to the iconic iPod click wheel - that would magically appear when two fingers are held down and rotated in a clockwise or anticlockwise direction. Forget keyboard shortcuts - we're looking forward learning a load of nifty finger shortcuts. Drawing a question mark could bring up a search box, or drumming your idly fingers could open Facebook in a Safari window. (via AppleInsider ) advertisement
