Katherine Noyes, writing for “PC World” (http://macte.ch/byR2m), says tablets are just a fad. I disagree with her basic premise, but she does have some good points.
Among Noyes’ reasons for doubting the future of the tablets are:
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Two Apple patents involving computer housing and map layouts have appeared at the US Patnet & Trademark Office.
Patent number 20110073575 is for a computer housing and involves the “unibody” design of recent Apple laptops and iMacs. A visually seamless method of joining a first piece of metal and a second piece of metal is described. The first piece of metal is placed in contact with an edge of the second piece of metal. In some embodiments, the edge includes a sacrificial lip.
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By Greg Mills
Sometimes I miss something major, lost in the small print when I do my research. I discovered this morning that I made an understandable error in yesterday’s post when I bluntly stated that RIM’s soon-to-be-launched, PlayBook would run Android Apps.
RIM announced with great fanfare on March 24 that PlayBook would be able to run Android apps. Well, that is sort of true, but sort of isn’t completely true at this time, maybe ever. Don’t buy a RIM PlayBook based upon the promise of running Android apps.
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In a series of Tweets (via MacNews.de), CNET’s Brian Tong says he’s received word from a “reliable source” that new iMacs will arrive in late April or early May. That’s no surprise, and it’s easy to guess at some of the features, though others I would love to see probably won’t make the cut.
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An Apple patent (number 7916089) for antenna isolation for portable devices has appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It shows that Apple is far from finished with antenna implementations in future iPhones.
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