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engadget.com - 7/3/2009

Apple patent applications offer glimpses of haptic screens, RFID readers, fingerprint ID

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Alright, so you know the drill by now. A patent application doesn't necessarily mean an actual product is on the way -- but it's always fun to speculate, right? And this latest trio of applications from Apple certainly provides plenty of speculation fodder. The most notable of the lot is an ...

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macrumors.com - 7/2/2009

Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers in Future iPhones?

— macrumors.com — Apple has let loose a number of revealing new patent applications that cover some interesting technologies that... could be used in future iPhones. Haptic Tactile Feedback Perhaps most interesting amongst the patent appli... (more) Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID ...

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Because you can never have enough iPhone news... three more stories
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: iPhoneWhile most of us at TUAW (in the US, anyway) are staring out the window, running down the clock to hit the lake or ocean or pavement in some manner, the intrepid bloggers of Engadget never take a vacation. Here are three* iPhone stories they posted today: Apple patent applications offer glimpses of haptic screens, RFID readers, fingerprint ID Oh man, haptics on the iPhone would be so sweet, and finally give us a little more than annoying clicks when typing. RFID and fingerprints? Well, that I'm not so keen on. ...