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Apple in touchscreen Mac patent

By Tom Krazit on 29 August 2008

in brief Rumours of Apple working on a touchscreen Mac have been circulating for years, and will only grow with the revelation that the company is hoping to patent similar technology.

(Credit: US PTO (via AppleInsider)

A number of Mac sites on Thursday in the US started pointing to a US patent application granted for what would appear to be a Mac tablet. AppleInsider has a description of the device discussed in the application, which appeared to bring a lot of the iPhone's multi-touch functionality to a slate-like tablet computer.

Given Apple' focus on multi-touch user interfaces over the past year, there has been a fair amount of speculation that the company wants to do something similar with a larger, more powerful computer than the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Apple's explored this territory before: There are patent references dating back to 2005, and other sites are reporting that the current application is similar to technology Apple patented two years ago. Tablet PCs in the Windows world haven't sold very well.

Topics: apple, iphone, ipod, mac, mac os x, macintosh, touch screen, patent, tablet, similar

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Comments (6)

  • ryangolla commented on 01/09/2008 16:30 Report abuse

    iTablet? Supersized iPhone! Can't wait for the launch...

  • GA commented on 01/09/2008 12:02 Report abuse

    This sort of thing needs to move forward and become a working reality. Touchscreens are an axcepted part of life now, its time the tech moved into the higher end of the market, and away from the more gimicky PDA/mobile market.

  • JK commented on 01/09/2008 10:12 Report abuse

    Bring it on! Something A5 size with QWERTY soft keyboard like the iPhone is workable. An OS closer to iPhone than OSX is fine. Would be a great replacement for a laptop or desktop.

  • Aaron commented on 31/08/2008 16:33 Report abuse

    I look forward to the launch of it however i am surious 2 how much it would cost?

  • RONALDO commented on 31/08/2008 09:07 Report abuse

    THIS IS QUIT GOOD INFORMATION

  • tmack commented on 30/08/2008 09:58 Report abuse

    sounds interesting looking forward to what might become

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