It seems every person and their dog/cat likes to give their two cents when it comes to what might make the bill at Macworld. So, if you can’t beat them, join them. Hrmpf’s Predictions PDA/iPod/remote control with wifi and optional telephony wifi allows iChat audio chat/IMing from any wifi hotspot allows exchange between iPods (crippled [...]

Apple is out and proud about Resolution Independent User Interface Design it would be beneficial to provide a means to specify the design of a graphical user interface object independent of its display resolution. Such a description may advantageously be used by a rendering module to display the designed object at substantially any resolution. A [...]

Apple seems to be quite happy to talk about the possibility of an iPhone in its patent applications. This patent application covers what appears to be the latest generation aluminum iPod- though it says the manufacturing system could be used for mobile phones, handheld computers as well as iPods. The interesting feature of the application [...]

The Ultimate Customisable iPod/MacBook/Tablet- add the controls and software and make it a phone or what ever you want. Apple has just filed a new patent application for the adding of physical controls (like buttons or sliders etc) to the touch sensitive surfaces of electronic devices. Apple seems to propose that you take a ‘blank’ [...]

Apple describes new interface for iPod Apple Patent Application: Electronic Device Having Display and Surrounding Touch Sensitive Bezel for User Interface and Control Apple has previous described new iPod designs (in patent applications) which incorporate a touch sensitive surface into the display. There seems a scepticism on the web about designs becoming reality due to [...]

Wifi, WiMax, UWB iPod with microphone and the ability to identify songs? Apple is constantly testing and trying refinements of its iPod line of products. These refinements range from the sensible and sane to ideas that seem to on the StarTrek side of sane. The recent patent from Apple falls somewhere towards the StarTrek end [...]

New Patent app: Apple Touch Sensitive iPod with multiple touch sensitive surfaces Patent Application: 20060197750 Filed: April 26, 2005 Inventors: Kerr; Duncan, Hotelling; Steve and Huppi; Brian Imagine an iPod with no buttons and a screen covering its entire front surface – is this the face of the next iPod? The new Apple patent application [...]

Today we want to give you a preview of Leopard. First I want to tell you there are some top secret features that we’re keeping close to the chest. Steven P. Jobs, August 2006 Why Steve? It’s very annoying! The most glaring Leopard omission was regarding the Finder- supposedly codenamed Chardonnay – Apple essentially said [...]

Apple patent applicant for a semantic file browser for OS X Finder. Files would be searched and arranged in a hierarchy based on meaning. An exciting possibility for the future of the Finder.

Apple details wireless syncing for iPods in patent application

This patent application details Apple’s plan for wireless syncing for iPods. Wireless syncing as described in this patent is pretty much the same process as syncing using USB or firewire – except wireless.

The patent suggests 802.11 (wifi) as the protocol suggested for the wireless connection (and there is no mention of Bluetooth- presumably because it would be too slow). iPod-to-iPod syncing is also covered as a possible application .