engadget.com - 1/1/2009
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An Apple patent unearthed by Mac Rumors named Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards suggests a future direction the company might be taking which would substantially change interaction with devices like the iPhone. According to the document, the new system would allow for simple finger ...
Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in patent application
engadget.com 3/28/2009 —
Uh oh Apple -- it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers . Tipster a|e§ was poring through that iPhone biometric security patent application we posted earlier and noticed that the images show a jailbroken phone, ...
Apple patent reveals 'iPhone gloves' for warmer hands-on experience
engadget.com 1/3/2009 —
A new Apple patent has been found that will assuredly warms the hearts (and hands) of many iPhone users currently enduring a cold winter. Originally filed a day before the iPhone's June 28, 2007 launch, it details a glove with a thin, electrically ...
Apple files patent for camera hidden behind display
appleinsider.com 1/13/2009 — We've already seen the iSight indicator light "disappear" behind the bezel of Apple's MacBook and iMac computers. A recently published patent application could make the iSight itself not only disappear, but move to the middle of the screen. ...
Apple files patent for hover-ready touchscreen
electronista.com 12/4/2008 — Apple has developed technology that would let an iPhone or similar device be controlled by hovering fingers nearby rather than just touches alone, a new US patent filing shows. The system would include the company's familiar capacitive touchscreen t...
Microsoft patent application hints at pay-as-you-go PCs
engadget.com 1/1/2009 —
Heavily subsidized computers are hardly a new idea, as evidenced by the number of carriers now offering " free " netbooks , but a recently revealed patent application indicates that Microsoft might be thinking about taking the idea a few steps ...
Apple files patent for iPod background display
electronista.com 11/20/2008 — Apple has developed a technology that would let iPhones and iPods display basic warnings to users without invoking the full screen, a new US patent filing shows. The system would use a second, always-on but power-efficient backlight to illuminate a ...
Mgestyk - Gesture Based Control
mgestyk.com 11/6/2008 — Remember Tom Cruise in Minority Report? Remember when he magically moved photos, videos, etc. from one place to another with just a simple flick of his wrist? Well, that power can be yours too. This is not science fiction - this is Mgestyk ...
Apple Tablet Described in Patent [Apple]
i.gizmodo.com 2/3/2009 — Hidden within the usual litany of claims in a patent awarded this January—titled "Display Housing for Computing Device", which covers their current portable displays—Apple describes a pure tablet device with radio communication: [0015]As a housing ...
United States Patent: USPTO Patent Full-Text & Image Database
patft.uspto.gov 1/27/2009 — A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts ...
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