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macrumors.com - 7/2/2009

Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone?

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Apple has published a very interesting patent application in which they explore how to provide a Karaoke experience on the iPhone. Not only would users be able to sing along with their favorite songs, but Apple wants to give real-time feedba...

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The iPhone Blog:  iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?!

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):  App Store Rejections: Apple rejects iKaraoke app, then files a patent for a karaoke player

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theiphoneblog.com - 7/2/2009

iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?!

— theiphoneblog.com — A slew of new Apple patent applications have come to light covering a rather odd range of functionality that may — or may not — make it into future iPhone software and hardware models. First up is haptic feedback via a “grid ... (more) iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… ...

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Mac|Life — [image] Not that we aren’t fond of people singing along with tunes on their iPods, but quite frankly, most of you are horrible. It isn’t your fault, we know you can’t hear yourselves. So, we aren’t sure if Apple’s latest patent, uncovered by MacRumors, is the greatest . The filing is for karaoke-esque software on your iPhone, where you sing along to scrolling lyrics on the screen, and are rated for how well you do. Think of it as a personal Rock Band game, without the guitar and drums. Yes, we know that’s just karaoke. More interesting than a built-in app, though, would be if ...

iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?!
The iPhone Blog — ... users sing to the iPhone, and having the iPhone provide feedback on tone, pitch, etc. Basically, rating the quality of your karaoke — or of the latest pre-packaged Hollywood auto-tune single, we imagine. Again, there’s no telling when, or if at all, Apple will release real-world products based on these patents, but they do give some hint as to which direction(s) Apple’s thinking. Anyone want any of the them now? [Via MacRumors twice] This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone ...

App Store Rejections: Apple rejects iKaraoke app, then files a patent for a karaoke player
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... . Apple rejected his app, iKaraoke, citing that it duplicated functionality of the iPod application. Of course, the "duplicate functionality" reason is nothing new, but Apple's next step is: just a few weeks after rejecting the application, they have filed a patent for including karaoke functionality into the iPod app. ...