By Greg Mills
Here in Kansas City, Kansas, as we contemplate the Google 1 Gig fiber optic Internet coming to town, we are looking at our hardware. The notion of symmetrical 1 Gig internet will certainly push the envelope for hardware manufacturers, including Apple.
Read MoreRumors about a small, feature-limited, inexpensive iPhone have been circulating for some time — and they’ve popped up again. I don’t think we’re going to see such a device. And at least some others agree with me.
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Future iPads — and perhaps other iOS devices, though the Apple tablet seems the most natural fit — could have e-paper features if an Apple patent (number 20110080417) is an indication. The patent is for systems and methods for switching between and electronic paper display and a video display.
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Could future iOS devices — at least some of them — have two displays? Seems so, as an Apple patent (number 20110080348) involving electronic devices with a primary display and selectively illuminated secondary display have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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Apple plans to simplify back-up procedures — and finding files in back-ups — per two new Apple patents at the US Patent & Trademark Office.
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