Articles about patent

I don't know about you, but personally I'm pretty clumsy, so it happens once-twice a week to step over my charging cables and almost order a new laptop. That's because I'm not using a Mac, which as you know, comes with a MagSafe connector that detaches easily in case somebody trips over it, without dragging the laptop with it on the floor.Anyway, it seems Apple is planning on bringing the MagSafe connector to the iPad in the near future (probably not the iPad 3), thus replacing the 30 pin do...

As you might have observed, we're not talking too much about law suits various companies are carrying over patent infringement cases. It's not worth talking about them unless something big (really big) happens, and I think the latest case of Apple versus Samsung, which seems like a never ending story deserves your attention a little bit.Why? Because as of today Samsung is not allowed to sell the Samsung Galaxy TAB 10.1 in Germany. It's the first serious victory from Apple in their case of th...

Apple is on a streak, registering patent after patent, with the latest pointing towards Augmented Reality applications for next gen iPads and probably iPhones and iPods. There are actually two patents claimed by Apple, one featuring a conventional display with a special way of displaying info while the second one is more hi-tech featuring a display with customizable transparent windows.Let's take the first one, which involved splitting the display area in two, one used for a live feed of the...

I don't know if you remember anymore, but when Apple released the first generation iPad at the official event Steve Jobs said they've fixed the tablet as we know it (he referred to the Tablet PC concept), as there's no stylus in sight. Steve even said "It’s like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it", which means Apple won't ever build a tablet that needs a stylus, right?Apparently Apple changed its mind, as two patents reveal interesting technologies that could be associa...

When I think about Nokia I'm always sad, as I've been a fan of their smartphones for a long time. But the word I want to emphasize here is 'was'. Unfortunately, Nokia didn't managed to build a good phone in years, one that can compete with the best from Apple and Android. Add to this their awkward Symbian operating system and you have a sure recipe for disaster, which actually happened, forcing Nokia to partner with Microsoft, in a multi billion dollars move to set the Finnish company back on tr...

Apple is always late when it comes to adoption of new technologies, unless they invent them. Not even today Apple products offer USB 3.0, Blu Ray, Wireless Display, or other top notch technologies that are becoming standard on competitor's devices. Take for example the tablets, which Steve Jobs said a few weeks ago when Apple launched the new MacBook Air, that making the user lift its hands in the air to touch the screen of a laptop is madness, and it's not the way to do it.Apparently Apple ...

It's interesting how touch screen technologies have evolved throughout the time, but it's more interesting to take a peak at the future, at how we will interact with gadgets in the futures. Thankfully, from time to time a new and interesting patent emerges, like the one filed by Microsoft about a special kind of screen that once touched reacts by providing tactile feedback to your fingers.The patent is called "Light-induced Shape-memory Polymer Display Screen" and uses infrared light to dete...

Even if I'm not a big fan I must admit that the Cupertino company manages to always stay ahead of the competition when it comes to innovation. Statement to this are numerous design patents filed by Apple and the actual products they manage to deliver. The latest rumors are about the next Gen iPad tablet, which will feature who things, one common sense and the other plain intriguing. The landscape docking port is something that will help users when charging their iPad: they can put it in either l...

We've hinted a few months ago about Apple planning a touchscreen iMac all in one desktop but we didn't have proof at that time, but now things are about to change, as Apple has filled a patent about touchscreen desktops and notebooks that take into consideration he switching from a high resolution mode (controlled by keyboard and mouse) to a low resolution mode where elements on screen are transformed, get bigger of dissapear.It's an interesting approach to what others are doing now. Think M...

One of the ways a company can stand and say "we're playing with the big league" is not by making great products but by thinking of the future and present concepts that raise consumer interest. Samsung did it recently with its patent application for a dual sided touchscreen tablet. The concept is not that different to the Motorola Backflip smartphone or the initial prototype of Notion Ink Adam, but there's a pretty important thing that makes all the difference.Samsung didn't imagine the rear ...