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Apple planning video conferencing iPhone?

by Josh Holat on Feb 2, 2009 at 09:53 PM

Information Week writer Alexander Wolfe has taken the time to scour through some iPhone patents recently in preparation for the Palm Pre and iPhone patent battle that may very well happen soon. However, while searching for potential infringements, he stumbled upon some interesting wording in patent number 7,479,949 that may… Continue Reading »

Winter friendly iPhone gloves coming soon?

by Josh Holat on Jan 4, 2009 at 03:41 PM

A recent patent filing from Apple shows that they may be working on a pair of gloves that not only protects your hand from the weather but allows you to use your touchscreen phone (I’m sure Apple hopes for this to be for your iPhone). Since touchscreen phones use the… Continue Reading »

Hate getting dropped calls? Apple wants to help.

by Josh Holat on May 30, 2008 at 10:11 AM

A recent Apple patent filing found by AppleInsider hints that Apple could be working on a feature that would warn iPhone users when they are about to lose a cellular of wifi signal.  It would work by giving either a vibrational or audible warning only when the loss of signal… Continue Reading »

Another step towards iPhone world dominance comes in the form of a patent

by Josh Holat on May 16, 2008 at 06:46 AM

A new patent from Apple this week could greatly help in expanding what an iPhone can do for you.  This patent expounds upon the service that allows Starbucks customers to purchase coffees from their phone and is extremely interesting.  Basically, this patent implies that Apple would have services like this… Continue Reading »

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