The iPhone 5 could arrive as a substantially thinner package thanks to new, smaller conductive nodes to slip beneath its multi-touch screen. A patent application that just popped out of the tech innovation toaster that is the US Patent and Trademark Office with Apple’s name on it shows a new method for creating a thinner capacitive touchscreen. That could have a bearing on the iPad 2 but seems more likely to arrive in the iPhone 5 at the earliest. Regardless, the Apple tech is interesting as ever…
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Apple surprised us with HDR photos in iOS 4.1 during the last Apple event, so we know it’s been thinking about clever ways of perking up the iPhone’s once neglected camera skills. That makes a new Apple patent application pretty appealing. It details a new smart flash system that would make an ideal addition for iPhone 5…
Apple patent applications are home to lots of barmy schemes but a new iPod touch focused filing looks like a goer. In the wake of the camera-packing new iPod touch, Apple has submitted plans for a zoom lens accessory using magnets to hook up with the media player. It’s a great idea, especially as lots of people have been disappointed by the limitations of the new iPod touch camera, and the Apple document suggests it could take it even further…
Apple has plans for invisible Macbook buttons. It’s not some kind of Harry Potter style wizardry but the next step in Jonathan Ive’s quest to banish visible buttons for good. The new Apple patent application takes tech already at work in the Magic Mouse to the next level and could build invisible touch and pressure sensitive controls right into the body of future Macbook and Macbook Pro models.