<![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> The speculation on the web about the iPhone is rife and with so much demand for one it would seem churlish of Apple to deprive us much longer.

Having said that, what I would really like to see is a smallish (size of a paperback perhaps) device that was a small computer, music player, and phone (a slot for a sim card and bluetooth headset that could dial out would do...)

The image above looks inviting, but this one is on eBay and looks likely but quite different...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Iphone-Domain-Name-Apple-Ipod-Repair-I...

acaller

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> Zirconium-based ceramics aren't cost effective yet...we're talking thousands of dollars per ounce to produce.

More likely, there will be a tiny bit of CZ in the screen, making it slightly more scratch resistant. Patents are intentionally vague. The use of that material suggests this device is a LONG ways off, not around the corner.

Trust me on this one. Four years in Material Research

Brad

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> It would also be great when the phone would come with a mini-OS to run navigational software on, but for now, I'd be happy with those very sexy looks.

coach

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> Please let it be pretty. Please.

Richaard

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> Wow, the RAZR as a landmark reference. Don't see that often.

Seems to me the reason the RAZR is the best selling phone ever (and I'm quoting that whether it's true or not) is because Verizon Wireless practically gave them away to anyone who would take them (like, my mother, for example), and not because everyone was clamoring for a clamshell phone.

Nobody who's ever stepped foot in cool-land uses a clamshell. It's all candybars and sliders down there.

DrewWorksToo

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why would anyone ever want a clamshell???

Ask Spock or Kirk

Kardster

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why would anyone ever want a clamshell???

Hmm - why was the RAZR the most successful phone ever?

BTW - No special keys to lock the keypad with the clamshell = no odd calls to thyself. :o)

Kardster

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I really think apple screwed themselves over by taking so long to come out with this thing. It seems much less innovative and a bit dated vs. if it would have been out a year ago or so.
Yeah, 'cause how many years has it been since Apple announced the iPhone anyway?

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someToast

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> i am waiting on a smartphone with a mini apple OS on it.....i have an ipod, i could care less if they are combined. in the business world it not going to do me any good to be listening to wutang clan in the elevator between meetings....unless i am meeting with wu tang financial..

jupiterfish

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> HaHaHa. There's a conspiracy theory budding here in my office. The first time I opened this thread in Safari it crapped out on me. How ironic is that? Or maybe a "feature" built into Safari that it doesn't like to see the word iPhone?

As for "BlindsidesDork says: I wonder what service providers it will work for.."

I'd be very surprised if the first release isn't a GSM device. That means T-Mobile or Cingular in this country.

Tek Elements

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]>
why would anyone ever want a clamshell???

Aye. Treo or candy bar for these pockets.

virtualmatt

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> wallosoup is right. A granted patent could be 2-3 years away.

In addition, Gizzy, this is a utility patent, not a design patent. Any drawings in a utility patent are simply shown for clarity and and have nothing to do with what the product will actually look like. Note the iMac utility patents that showed the base as a pyramid.

What is actually important here is to read the claims, where they talk about

structural wall formed from a ceramic material that permits wireless communications therethrough

or claim 3
wherein the ceramic material is zirconia

or claim 7
wherein the handheld computing device is a cell phone

or claim 8
wherein the handheld computing device is a media player

or calim 20
The handheld computing device as recited in claim 14 further comprising end caps at the first and second ends of the seamless tube, the end caps and seamless tube working together to fully surround the internal operational components of the handheld computing device.

dude, it could be a seamless fake diamond. but thats not interesting or anything....

Wooo! iPhone!! I hope it comes in pink!

thrillhouse

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> why would anyone ever want a clamshell???

color_guru

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> I'm worried that Apple might be starting to rest on its laurels.

If an "iPhone" came out that was nothing more than a nano with cellphone capabilities, I'd expect it to flop. The battery life wouldn't be enough to get through a full day of use. It's not that hard to carry a nano AND a phone.

A proper Apple smartphone, or a wi-fi iPod, now those could be worthwhile.

I think it's going to take a real competitor to scare Apple back into high gear again.

permissionmag

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> Gizmodo has pressed the envelope suggesting it was granted, which it was not (clearly, as shown on the US Patent search site). But alas, it is so easy to type and press publish my blog.

Joe Alien

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> yawn. the mini iPod design is like 6 years old.

firemillen2

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> Ugh, more slider phones?? Why would anyone ever use something other than a clamshell?

edmicman

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> The iPhone is coming. My friend works for them, and for some strange reason has been told it's coming. I would put money on an announcement at WWDC.

gutterisatool

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> lpranal, much less innovative and a bit dated? Yeah, this could be just a smoke screen. But show me a phone that actually is innovative and easy to use. iPhone may never come out, but I'm pretty sure that Apple would give us one that much more innovative and USEFUL than anything else out there. We can only hope...

flipped4gizmos

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> I don't see any direct relationship to a phone in this application - it looks more like it describes how to make a wireless iPod. The application seems to deal a lot more with making cases for portable devices than any particular application.

Kardster

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> Call me a consumer but if this phone is as easy to load with music as an iPod, half-way pocketable, and works better than my Treo as a phone (which wouldn't take much) I'll be all over it. Convergence is my bag and I'm game to new ideas.

virtualmatt

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> I think wallosoup is right, this is just a patent application.

But this is still really cool. Ceramic gadgets! I didn't see that coming but it makes perfect sense. Ceramics can be incredibly hard (some car manufactures use ceramic to prototype and test engine blocks), but they're still easily molded and shouldn't interfere with wireless signals.

getgreg

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> While I think a slider is the correct form factor, wouldn't the other patent of a having a clickwheel appear when the surface is touched be a better combo? Thus the top portion could be all-screen with a numeric keypad below.

Now the real question is whether it will be Nike+ capable!

akatsuki

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> I wonder if it's not so much combining a phone and an iPod as it is releasing a mobile version of OSX?

rfmd486

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> If the clickwheel was a bit smaller and the two round buttons above were a bit larger the phone could have been made by disney as well as apple... for some reason the mickey mouse similarity was the first thing i noticed...

club662

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> I really think apple screwed themselves over by taking so long to come out with this thing. It seems much less innovative and a bit dated vs. if it would have been out a year ago or so.

lpranal

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> I just hope Apple does eventually make a phone. No I do not want the iPhone, but rather a good looking phone with an intuitive interface. No more going through 70 button pushes just to do something simple and mundane.

Shnyzx

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> When are people going to realize the difference between a patent application and a granted patent? This is just a published application (all applications publish if you don't opt out). In this case it doesn't matter because it still means that Apple is seeking a patent on such a device, and thus possible building one. In other cases people get upset thinking a silly patent was granted because someone filed a silly application.

wallosoup

]]> <![CDATA[Apple iPhone Patent Granted]]> I wonder what service providers it will work for...

BlindsidesDork

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