Next Gen iPod and iPhone Nano: Full Screen with TouchPanel at the Bottom
With introduction of an iPhone, Apple opened our eyes to the possibilities of full screen touch interfaces. But such interfaces have one drawback - there’s a limit how small you can make it.
It would be difficult to put such an interface on iPod Nano - with your finger covering a better part of touchscreen, how [...]
New iPhone Docking Station. Apple Tablet next?
When there were only iPods, docking and synchronizing them with with your Mac or PC was a pretty straightforward proposition. You just put your iPod into a docking cradle and it works. But what about iPhone? It can work both in horizontal and vertical position. Which way should you dock it? Any way, says Apple.
When [...]
First Apple Phone Patent. Issued in 1985!!!
It’s no surprise that Steve bragged about patents for the iPhone.
Do you know when the first Apple phone patent was filed and issued? It was filed in 1982 and issued 1985.
And what was patented? Well, Apple phone of course
Check the original patent application here: Apple Phone Patent
Found via: MobileCowboys.nl
Nokia’s answer to iPhone
A couple of cool videos of touch screen concept phones by Nokia Design. An interesting answer to to Apple’s iPhone:
Nokia Explore :
Apple’s iPhone. Is it really well protected by patents?
During his presentation of the iPhone, Steve Jobs mentioned that they have filed for more then 200 patents to protect the inventions they’ve put into this new gadget. Want to know what exactly have they patented? Then read on.
To find out which of the cool iPhone features has been patented by Apple and are [...]
iPod Evolution - Ceramic iPod with Cellphone Functions
The talks about the independent Apple iPhone started almost as soon as the infamous ROCKR iTunes cellphone has been released by Motorola. iPhone rumors were further fueled this March by Hong Kong J.P Morgan analyst who reported to Barrons that Apple is in talks with several Taiwanese manufacturers over production of new Apple’s iPod [...]
One iPod dock to hold them all
How do you connect your iPod to your iMac? Well, through docking station, of course. But what if you have Video iPod, your wife has iPod Nano and your son has iPod Shuffle? All of them customized with different skins, leather cases and other surface attachments? What about those other devices like [...]
Apple’s iPhone - iPod Phone coming to Japan first
We already know about Apple’s ambitions to get into a cellphone market with it’s iPod music player and iTunes service. The first attempt to do that with Motorola’s ROKR phone was a big flop. Mediocre design, limited music download features imposed by American carriers prevented ROKR to achieve anything near the success of RAZR or [...]