Apple is Patent crazy. It seems like it’s every week that we see some new invention from the Cupertino Company and today’s patent looks to re-invent the humble Keyboard.

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Apple is making quite a habit of patenting every conceivable brain wave they have at their Cupertino Headquarters. They love to patent inventions that they will probably never implement. But it does make shrewd business sense, because if they don’t use them they can license them off to companies, which could use them – and in the process make a quick bit of profit for Appl

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Microsoft has recently filed a patent application and careful scrutiny of that application reveals that the company might be in theprocess of developing a touchscreen keyboard. Touchscreen keyboard is not a virgin territory. Various companies such as Nokia and Acer have tried to conquer it but couldn’t quite succeed. However, Microsoft is creating a keyboard [...]

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If you want to keep warm yet still keep in touch on the move with your touchscreen phone, get yourself some of Firebox’s Touchscreen Gloves.

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While we are still waiting for news of Apple to make a touchscreen iMac, it seems we get at home tech geek’s beating them to making touchscreen devices out of a MacBook. More precisely, a geek going by the name of EnigmaPenguin has converted his broken MacBook (a Core 2 unit from 2007) into a [...]

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According to Digitimes, Apple is apparently testing out touchscreen technology for a future generation iMac. It’s not infrequent to hear rumours like this, but Apple has given no word on such plans as of yet. The rumour also states that Sinek Photronics are supplying capacitive panels for the touchscreen testing. This may be a rumour [...]

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AT&T has admitted that BlackBerry Torch sales have thus far been, well, dim. Many anticipated that the BlackBerry Torch 9800 would officially put RIM back on the map. But the handset which was said to combine ‘the luxuries of a touchscreen phone’ with the rock-solid BlackBerry keyboard and e-mail connectivity has not made the impact that it was expected [...]

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Nokia have announced a new budget touchscreen handset, the Nokia 5250 (following along from the Xpress music 5800) The price will be $145 (before tax) when launched and follows a surge in ‘budget/entry level smartphones’ we have seen in recent months. It’s said to be  aimed at the type of consumer who is looking for [...]

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