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Will iPhone Gaming Ever Really Compete in the Mobile Gaming Market?

Since the launch of the App Store, Apple has officially entered the mobile gaming market with the iPhone and iPod touch. Despite the wide influx of games and extremely talented developers that have embraced the platform, many are still left wondering whether the iPhone and iPod touch, will ever be able to rival more [...]

The Future of User Input Revealed in Recent Apple Patent Filing

According to a recent 30 page US patent filing, Apple has been tinkering with a multi-touch system that will integrate visual and voice data into the control systems for its devices.

Filed by Wayne Westerman and John Elias, co-founders of Fingerworks, a firm that had been acquired by Apple prior to the launch of the first [...]

Apple’s Multi-touch Tablet Techniques Outlined in Company Filing?

AppleInsider claims to have discovered a new company filing, where Apple Inc. showcases a slew of techniques that would enable a revolutionary tablet Mac to run a full version of Mac OS X, as well as be controlled by a full-sized multi-touch keyboard.

Several examples from the filing, which lists Apple industrial design chief Jonathan Ive [...]

[feature] Copy-and-Paste still missing in iPhone; Blame Apple’s Obsessive Nature

With the release of Apple’s new iPhone 3G only 3 full days away, the industry is gearing up for another blockbuster release, only this time… It’s Global. Apple has set a goal for itself to sell 10 million handsets by the end of this calendar year and analysts have been clamoring that Apple will shatter [...]

New Patent: Apple to give language lessons.

For all of the innovation and practicality of the multi-touch user interface for the iPhone, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air, the current gestures may still seem a bit limited. After all there are but so many gestures that you can currently use including zoom, rotate, scroll/browse, pinch, pan around, …etc.
Yet a recent patent [...]

Troll Touch “SlipCOVER” Touchscreen System for Apple iMacs/Displays Announced. Miss the Mark.

In a press release issued less than an hour ago, TrollTouch has announced the immediate availability of its User-Installable “SlipCOVER” touchscreen for the current Apple 20 and 24 inch aluminum iMacs. The company also touch-enables the Apple 20, 23 and 30 inch Cinema displays, MacBook laptops, all previous iMac generations, the eMac, and both the [...]

Wireless, multi-touch keyboard for Apple TV.

It’s important to remember that grains of salt are 100% necessary when reading this post.
It seems as though one of Macenstein’s readers, Doug has submitted and interesting piece of information.
Doug claims the following.
a new keyboard. bluetooth. aluminum with design and keys just like existing wireless. but to the right a touch-sensitive area. it [...]