iHome iP90 clock updated, Patent app hints at heart rate ID, iPhone HD saga continues

The amount of accessories and docks on the market for the iPhone and iPad is staggering. iHome makes a lot of these items and has announced that its high-end iP90 alarm clock has been updated for 2010. Apple has filed a new patent application that shows an interesting way to tell who is using the [...]

Apple Gets Patent For The iPhone 3G/3GS style Factor

The iPhone’s different mold factor is instantly recognizable by most citizens nowadays, and Apple was smart sufficient to apply for the patent on the iPhone 3G profile factor, which has now been granted by the USPTO. The patent describes it as “a new, original and ornamental design for an electronic device”, which includes computers, portable [...]

Apple looks at new invisible disappearing buttons for MacBooks

Apple has peered into their crystal ball, and their gaze came upon a future which saw MacBooks with disappearing buttons – now how about that? Apparently, there is a new patent application which describes a disappearing input space that could be featured virtually anywhere Apple wants on the aluminum shell of a MacBook Pro. Dubbed [...]

Nikon patent is a weird shaped LCD display

What you see above could possible be from the Nikon E3 DSLR model that was released all the way back in 1998 – yes, a dozen years ago, but it is interesting to note that it could very well be some other model. Dubbed as patent application 20100103283, that aims to reduce potential consumption in [...]

Acer MID ready to rock that May

Acer looks set to roll out its new range of Mobile Web Devices (MIDs) sometime later that May, where they will be a logical follow up on their patent application which was filed all the way back in January last year. The Taiwanese company did not mention just precisely what these MIDs are capable of, [...]

Nintendo Patent Hints That 3DS Will Get Force Feedback?

While you’re currently able to get force feedback on your Nintendo DS via unofficial channels, speculation is going around the Nintendo might integrate a force feedback (rumble) feature into the upcoming Nintendo 3DS. In a patent application, it can be clearly seen that Nintendo has a vibrating motor in a console that looks more or [...]

Apple mobile P2P payment service for the iPhone and iPad

Apple is currently working on a new mobile P2P payment service that will cater for both the iPhone and iPad, where the patent application is known as “Peer to peer financial transaction devices and methods”. that iPhone app and service will enable iPhone owners to store all credit card, bank/checking history and other fundamental info [...]

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