Holiday season seems like just the right time for yet another iPad rumor. According to the latest wave of rumors, Apple is looking to
make your tablet lighter than before. Apparently, the company has filed a new patent application entitled "Reinforced Device Housing" which means that Apple is exploring the use of Carbon fiber for its product casing. The drawing accompanying the application resembles an iPad. The company is also expected to use the fiber in a novel way, since regular application of this material makes a product more prone to cracks and breaks. Now, that Steve Jobs has already trashed the idea of a 7 inch iPad, we can assume that the new material will be used for increasing the portability of the tablet.
Another rumor is that the next generation iPad may be carrier neutral and may use Qualcomm's multimode CDMA-GSM chips. The new chip will let the iPad run on both GSM and CDMA networks. The new iPad is also likely to have unibody form factor and may also USB kind of functionality. Another rumor, which is most likely to be true, is the addition of at least a front-facing camera.
Source: Appolicius, AppleInsider
One thought on “Apple Working on Carrier-Neutral Carbon Fiber iPad?”
Oh no. Apple isn’t that fast with hardware. The use of carbon will take a few more years. But there will be a camera. That was already meant at iPad I.