A new patent (number 20100315299) at the US Patent & Trademark Office for fiber-based electronic device structures show that Apple is investigating ways to form structures for electronic devices from fibers.
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Two new Apple patents at the US Patent & Trademark Office show that Apple is considering a new “v-shaped” user interface for media playback to replace (or perhaps exist in addition to CoverFlow.
The patent obviously affects iTunes. However, it could impact the entire Mac OS X interface at some point.
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Apple is set to launch upgraded MacBook Pro and iMac models in the first half of 2011, according to a “DigiTimes” report (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20101215PD223.html), quoting “sources from upstream component makers.” But don’t look for a 7-inch iPad.
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The number of corporations arming workers with tablets will double early next year with the iPad dominating the market, the ChangeWave (http://www.changewave.com) research firm says, citing its recent survey of more than 1,600 IT buyers.
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Nokia has filed suit in the U.K., in Germany, and in the Netherlands, alleging Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod infringe on 13 patents held by Nokia relating to numerous functions, including touch user interfaces, on-device app stores, signal noise suppression, antenna structures, message functionality and chipsets, caller ID, and the integration of multiple radios.
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