Another day with multiple Apple tablet rumors, iSlate.com & Patent
December 25th, 2009 by Annkur
I hate writing about rumors about unannounced Apple gadgets but then we have 2 official things about the whole Tablet Mac issue today. The first one being the domain secured by Apple in 2007: iSlate.com and the other one, a patent application that shows how one Apple plans to make the tablet touchscreen feel real.
It has been discovered that Apple own the domain name iSlate.com since 2007 and has kept the registration details under privacy protection. This can well be the name of the unannounced 7″ tablet that is being rumored for a Jan release. However we cant be certain that a domain can reveal a upcoming product name and to give us more options Apple had also trademarked the term ‘TabletMac’ recently. Adding its share of confusion to the matter, Apple has iPhone.org since 1999 and on the other hand they paid a huge amount to get iPhone.com in 2007.
The second hint about the Apple tablet comes from a patent application that shows how Apple plans to implement tactile feedback on the iSlate’s touchscreen. This would give physical bumps to the user while operating the touchscreen – “create physical bumps or dots for the user to feel when it is in keyboard mode” as the official wordings read. This makes sense given the touchscreen addons we have seen earlier to help people type on the iPhone.
With less than a month to go for the speculated Apple event announcing this gizmo, we are sure excited. Hope it lives up to our ex$ectations.
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Categories: Apple, rumor | Tags: apple patent, apple tablet, islate, mac, patent, tablet mac
I do hope that all these rumors run out as expected! It would make for a really great device.
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