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 Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs
Apple details next-gen multi-touch techniques for tablet Macs
Sam Oliver Published: 10:10 AM EST In a revised company filing discovered by AppleInsider , iPhone maker Apple Inc. illustrates a number of techniques that would pave the way for tablet Macs that display a near full-sized multi-touch keyboard and run an undiluted version of the Mac OS X operating system. Much of the 52-page filing describes methods for accurately detecting and deciphering a ...
  Apple is looking beyond Multi-Touch
Apple is looking beyond Multi-Touch
unwiredview.com — When it was first introduced in January 2007, iPhone’s Multi-Touch interface was a real breakthrough in operation... of small portable devices. Now, if the ideas sketched out in a new Apple patent application “ Multitouch data fusion ” are implemented, ... (more) Apple is looking beyond Multi-Touch
Apple patent filing details touchscreen tablet
Apple patent filing details touchscreen tablet
engadget.com — Trying to divine what Apple's up to from patent applications is never easy, but every now and... again the diagrams actually make it obvious -- and it looks like Steve and his elves are hard at work on large-format touch interfaces, possibly for a ... (more) Apple patent filing details touchscreen tablet
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