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Well, it’s been a busy news day after a very slow weekend. First up is Apple has sent out invites to “select” members of the press for an event on January 27th. The invitation says, “Come See Our Latest Creation”. This means that they are unveiling something completely new. So, my money is on the [...]
Well according to an article in Bloomberg, the next iPhone is to have a multi-touch back.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXBqtMirbD4E&pos=7
I call BS. Not on the multi-touch back, but on the device it is claimed to be on. I just don’t see it being very useful on a device as small as the iPhone. Now on a tablet sized device, [...]
Remember Fingerworks? Apple bought them back in 2005 and shortly thereafter began implementing multi-touch in MacBook and MacBook Pro trackpads. A couple of years later when the iPhone debuted everyone was like “Ah, so that’s why they needed Fingerworks”.
Until a few days ago though, things at Fingerworks were business as usual. Other [...]
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Microsoft To Launch Courier Ahead Of Apple’s iSlate at the CES
10 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in iSlate
CEO Steve Ballmer will personally show off the new product during a keynote at the Las Vegas tech fest, according to The New York Times. The Courier is a dual-screen device that is to be made by HP. Not a lot of information is know about the Courier, but it is rumored to have dual 7-inch [...]
As if we needed anymore rumors to ignite the tech gadget dream of the iSlate. Alleged Specs are making their way through the Internet today courtesy of PhoneArena.com.
The Specs:
2.26GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache and 1066MHz system bus
2GB of RAM, but will support up to 8GB
120GB SATA hard drive 4200RPM
Built-in [...]
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Fingerprint ID, RFID readers, haptic screens are the new Apple patent applications
0 Comments | Posted by Nick Schooler in iSlate
14th July, 2009 by adriana
Apple is considering as a possibility for the iPhone or the iPod touch, an application that includes a “multi-touch display screen with localized tactile feedback”. A grid of piezoelectric actuators that can be activated at will to provide a vibration feedback when you touch the screen is what the new Apple’s [...]