Tagged ‘multitouch’

iPad, iPhone 4.0: new gestures revealed, camera dreams squashed

March 11, 2010 12:00 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: Apple, camera, iPad, iPhone, iPhone SDK, multitouch

iPad and iPhone SDK detectives have uncovered more secrets from Apple’s software kit. It’s bad news for people dreaming of an iPad camera but reveals new gestures for the iPad and iPhone 4.0.

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Motorola bringing multitouch to “majority” of new devices

January 14, 2010 12:00 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Google, google android, Motorola, Motorola Milestone, multitouch

Motorola plans to bring multitouch to most of its new handsets with Google Android at the forefront of its future plans, according to an interview with its head honcho.

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Apple Tablet ‘confirmed’ by Orange, denied by Orange

January 12, 2010 10:00 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: apple tablet, iPhone, leaks, multitouch, orange

Orange’s number-two executive in France, Stéphane Richard, got in himself into a right pickle in an interview yesterday, with a rash of news reports suggesting he’d confirmed the existence of the Apple Tablet. Only, it seems he actually didn’t…

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Apple multitouch patent marked Macbook Tablet revealed

January 8, 2010 11:00 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: 3D, Apple, apple tablet, iPhone, iPod Touch, MacBook, multitouch

Apple’s patents have been rooted through a lot recently and another one has been uncovered – it’s another touchscreen display patent. But although one diagram is marked “Macbook-Tablet”, it’s likely to be used for future version of the iPod Touch, iPhone and Apple Macbook. Could we get a touchscreen Macbook?

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Techie Breakie: Apple’s 3D multitouch tablet plans, Foursquare goes global and Nintendo DS gets motion sensitive

January 7, 2010 9:00 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Gadgets Tags: 3D, Apple, apple tablet, Foursquare, mac os x, malware, multitouch, NBA Jam, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii, snow leopard

The snow might be blighting the buses, shutting the schools and being troublesome for trains but gadget news gets through whatever the weather. We’ll have our CES catch-up for you at 9.30 but first, sink your teeth into today’s Techie Breakie…

In the now daily Apple Tablet rumour mill, the biggest news was a patent that points to a secret plan for a 3D multitouch interface. Why secret? The patent was hidden under some rather more unassuming names than Apple’s.

Meanwhile Apple apparently has a bit of problem in the here and now. Virus experts Kaspersky Lab’s claims the clan in Cupertino has let Mac OS X’s malware protection get out of date. Hop over here for all the details you need to know.

For iPhone, Android phone and Palm Pre owners there’s good news though: location aware app Foursquare is finally breaking out of its metropolitan cage to allow you to check-in from anywhere in the world.

Finally, there’s a pair of nice Nintendo stories. Nintendo’s big boss says Nintendo DS’s successor will pack a motion sensor and classic basketball game NBA Jam is set to return, this time on the Nintendo Wii.

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Apple plans 3D multitouch tablet? Secret patent revealed

January 6, 2010 3:00 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Computers & Accessories Tags: 3D, Apple, apple tablet, multitouch, patent

Apple has filed a patent showing a multitouch 3D interface that could be applied to the much rumoured Apple tablet. Most interestingly, the patent was submitted in the names of three French Apple employees rather than the company’s name. Something they want to keep secret?

Apple’s 3D interface patent was filed under the names of Fabrice Robinet and Thomas Goossens, software engineers at Apple, and Alexandre Moham a product and engineering manager at the firm.

While Apple’s name is not explicitly on the patent filing, the Baltimore Sun’s Gus Sentementes discovered that Apple does own the right to it. The patent’s correspondence address is noted as Morgan Lewis & Bockius, a law firm frequently used by Apple for patent applications.

The application which was filed in September 2008, states that “there is a need for electronic devices with touch screen displays that provide more transparent and intuitive user interfaces for navigating in 3D virtual spaces and manipulating three dimensional objects in these virtual spaces”.

A multi-touch, touchscreen device with a 3D dimensional interface? That sounds like just the killer app for Apple to squeeze into the mythical Apple tablet.

And to add to the evidence for Apple’s 3D interface plans, there’s the auto-adjusting 3D display patent that emerged in December. Could all the talk of bringing magazines to life on the Apple Tablet mean 3D?

Due TBA | £TBA | Apple (via Baltimore Sun)

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