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Apple Patents a Tablet?

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May 11, 2005 12:23 AM PST

By now this is floating around everywhere. Engadget seems to have more illustrations that some other sites. This is just filling in some details on info from last August. My question is 'what' are they patenting? There is obviously prior work here so it must be something specific. Some have speculated that is might be more of a 'smart display', but there is prior work here as well. Viewsonic is still selling them under the name 'wireless monitor'.


Comments (3)
George, May 11, 2005 10:32 PM:

What am I missing? I looked up the patent on the US patent site:

"The ornamental design for a LCD monitor protector, as shown and described."

Is everyone just speculating that the cover is for a tablet pc becuase of the illustrations?

George, May 11, 2005 10:32 PM:

What am I missing? I looked up the patent on the US patent site:

"The ornamental design for a LCD monitor protector, as shown and described."

Is everyone just speculating that the cover is for a tablet pc becuase of the illustrations?

John, May 12, 2005 12:11 AM:

Ha ha, that's funny. Thanks for looking it up. Yes it is because of the illustrations. Somehow the one of the guys holding the display and touching it with his finger translated into 'Tablet Mac'.






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