The US patent office is seemingly inundated with Apple’s plans for the next–gen iPhone. The mighty mobile is set for some major new additions if the latest batch are to be believed. Read on to see just what Apple’s prepping for the iPhone of the future.
It’s not even a month since the iPhone 3GS got taken for a spin at WWDC. But Apple’s plans for the next generation iPhone are already being chewed over by web fanatics. New patents show Cupertino plotting everything from real world object identification to face recognition and smarter ways to handle your myriad messages.
Aping Nokia’s Point and Find plans, iPhone object identification would be used for spying at everything from ads to shops, giving you the full skinny on what’s going down. That means using the likes of RFID tags and bar codes, undoubtedly offering iPhone developers a raft of killer App Store opportunities.
And while Face Recognition is nothing new, Apple’s plans show the iPhone using your own mug as a security device. That means only you can access your blower, possibly via a front facing camera.
Face Recognition also points to tighter iPhone integration with iPhoto, which packs in similar clever tech. And with smart messaging, allowing you to see unread missives from folks you’re about to call, it seems Apple is definitely beavering away on more iPhone tweaks as we speak
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