
Apple patent application details universal iPhone / iPod dock

Don’t get your hopes up too much just yet, but it looks like you might one day no longer need to detangle a USB cable or fiddle with a plastic dock adapter the next time you want to charge or sync your iPhone or iPod. That’s if this this recently revealed patent application for a new type of universal dock from Apple turns into an actual product, at least. The secret to the dock, such as it is, is that the base would be made of an elastic, sponge-like substance that could conform to any device and hold it in place. What’s more, the dock would apparently even be able retain the imprint of your device for convenient use next time, and be reset at the push of …










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Apple uses a jailbroken iPhone in patent application
[Apple]Uh oh Apple -- it looks like even your attorneys are dirty, thieving jailbreakers. The images from the iPhone biometric security patent application show a jailbroken phone, complete with Installer.app, SMBPrefs, and the iWood Realize theme from the iSpazio repository...
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Apple Files Patent For Camera Hidden Behind Display
[Apple]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. MacBooks, iMacs, and even iPhones and iPod touches could take advantage of the new technology.
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Apple working on 3D Mac OS X user interface (images)
[Apple]A series of Apple patent filings published this week reveal the Mac maker has spent a considerable amount of time outlining a new multi-dimensional interface for Mac OS X that would make better use of screen real estate by increasing the number of virtual surfaces capable of housing application and interface elements.
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Apple files patent for "solar cells on portable devices"
[Apple]In a patent application dated April 24, 2008 and titled "Solar cells on portable devices" attributed to a number of Apple employees, Apple reveals possible plans to integrate solar cells into devices such as iPods and MacBooks.
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Apple Depicts Advanced Multitouch Control Panel in Mac OS X
[Apple]In case there were any doubts that Apple was exploring the use of advanced multitouch gestures under Mac OS X, a recent Apple patent application authored by Wayne Westerman (of Fingerworks) shows mockups of a Mac OS X gesturing control panel with options to configure standard trackpad, basic multito...

































