Ah, there’s nothing like perusing through some good ol patent filings – especially if they’re coming from the likes of Apple. Two of their latest filings are focused on portable devices (a.k.a the iPhone/iPod touch) and how users interact with the interfaces on these devices (via shaking, tilting etc) – in particular with actions involving movement or motion of some sort. I haven’t had a chance to read through the patent applications themselves but a cursory glance reveals where Apple is going with these patents – using movement or other forms of input to control operations on a device as well as provide different user interfaces to the user – interfaces that are perhaps more appropriate for the movement at hand. I’m sure there’s much more to it – but you can read it for yourself here and here.
Oh yes.. one more thing – notice the camera in the front of the iPhone pictured above?
via News.com
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