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iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?!
theiphoneblog.com - 7/2/2009
iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?!
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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 of piezoelectronic actuators”, which ...
Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone?
macrumors.com - 7/2/2009
Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone?
— macrumors.com — 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... (more) Apple to Rate Your Karaoke Singing on Your iPhone?

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The Free iPhone Blog — 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 … Continued here: iPhone Patent Watch: Haptics, Biometrics, RFID, and… Karaoke?! This entry was posted on Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm and is filed under iPhone News . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.

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