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Apple Patents MagSafe Charger for Mobile Phones, Tablets & More

Jeff Baker — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:17:05 +0000

Apple is no stranger to patents as it seems that just about everyday the company comes forth with some crazy new ideas. Today, however, they’ve come up with a new idea that could potentially change the way we charge our mobile devices (manufactured by Apple, of course). As you’re sure to know Apple currently employs [...]

Apple files for Places trademark

Edwin Kee — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 11:21:52 +0000

What is Apple up to these days? Apart from wowing the world with their upcoming iPad 2 and perhaps, just perhaps, the iPhone 5, here we are with news that the fruity company has already filed for a trademark on the word “Places” in both the European Union and China, at least according to Patently [...]

Latest Apple Patent Sees Touch Controls on MacBook’s Lid

Jeff Baker — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 10:32:25 +0000

Apple‘s products are some of the most highly sought after are on the market with the iPhone and iPad being main competitors in their respective categories. However, Apple also has a highly line up of successful laptops, dubbed MacBooks, which they just got around to updating. However, while these new and improved MacBook Pros include [...]

Apple Patent Reveals iPad Stylus

Jeff Baker — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:29:44 +0000

The age of the touchscreen is upon us with everything from tablets and smartphones to laptops and desktop computers getting the treatment. While touchscreen touting smartphones have been around for some time, capacitive touchscreens didn’t really make their mark until the iPhone was released in 2007. Now that smartphones with these touchscreens have become the [...]

Carbon Fiber iPad Patent Gets Revealed From 2009

Jeff Baker — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 23:08:57 +0000

As the years go on technology continues to increase at a rapid pace and the form factor of many of devices decreases. However, when a device’s overall size is decreased they usually become quite fragile. Take the iPhone 4 for example which features glass on the front and back – drop this phone on concrete [...]

HP Files ‘PalmPad’ Trademark Application – Has Internet Wondering What’s Next

Jeff Baker — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:22:52 +0000

If you’ve been following any type of tech blog including us here at MobileWhack, you’ll know that Palm as in a bit of financial troubles after their Palm Pre and Pixi handsets failed to really take off. Lucky for them, instead of watching them die, every body’s favorite printer maker HP came in and snatched [...]

RIM Files Patent for the Blind

Brian — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:11:31 +0000

RIM has filed for a new patent that will reportedly make the Blackberry more user-friendly for the blind. The patent is called the multi-tap keyboard interface whose intent is to add some auditory feedback when pressing the keys to help the visually impaired. Blackberry users will only have to press a short series of keys [...]

Nokia suing Apple over iPad 3G patent infringement

Jeff Baker — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:59:42 +0000

Here it goes again — It was just annoucned that Nokia is yet again suing Apple over some patent infringements, this time regarding the iPad 3G. Nokia is saying that the device infringes on 5 different patents currently filed by them. These patents include ‘enhanced speech and data transmission, using positioning data in applications and innovations in antenna configurations [...]

Apple Files “Disappearing Patent”

Brian — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 19:56:49 +0000

Apple is at it again! Apple seems to be busy making sure that they don’t get dragged into patent problems after filing their latest patent application regarding a “disappearing button”. This seems to be similar to that sleep indicator light at the front of the MacBook Pro. This new patent would be a great add-on, [...]

Apple iTravel Patent Filed

Brian — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:21:22 +0000

Apple files another interesting new patent, this time the iTravel which will turn an iPhone into a something that can handle your travel needs. With the iTravel app, iPhone users can easily find flights directly from their Apple device and share the same information with their contacts. The iTravel may also make use of RFID [...]