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Gizmodo - Apple Patent Describes Mid-Call Music, Video, Picture Sharing for iPhone - Apple media sharing patent
feeds.gawker.com - 6/4/2009
Gizmodo - Apple Patent Describes Mid-Call Music, Video, Picture Sharing for iPhone - Apple media sharing patent
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Apple Insider has scrounged up an Apple patent , filed in late 2007, that just, you know, immediately clicks . It's for instant media sharing during iPhone calls, and it makes plain old video calling look downright boring. The application explains it thusly: An individual may call his ...
Apple looks towards digital media sharing during iPhone calls
appleinsider.com - 6/4/2009
Apple looks towards digital media sharing during iPhone calls
— appleinsider.com — Apple has spent some time outlining technology that would add a new level of interaction between iPhone... users, such as the ability to share and control playback of digital media files like music tracks and video during a telephone call. (more) Apple looks towards digital media sharing during iPhone ...

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Apple patent for in-call iPhone media sharing system
slashgear.com - 6/4/2009
Apple patent for in-call iPhone media sharing system
— slashgear.com — apple in call music patent 1 Apple have filed a patent for a system for inserting media... into an ongoing phonecall, which if implemented would mean that iPhone owners could share music, video, image, voicemail, podcasts or other files with each other.  ... (more) Apple patent for in-call iPhone media sharing system

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businessweek.com - 6/3/2009
Apple, Google Consider App-Sharing Tools
— businessweek.com — (page 2 of 2) Mobile P2P Sharing These new viral features will also come in handy amid... the proliferation of so-called peer-to-peer applications, which let people transfer content directly from one phone to the next. Peer-to-peer is nothing new in the ... (more) Apple, Google Consider App-Sharing Tools
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