Apple Patent Heralds Multi-Touch Era
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Touch-screen desktops may not arrive in time for holiday shopping, but an Apple patent filed last year and published Thursday makes clear the company’s direction for UI development, according to AppleInsider.
Filed near the public debut of the iPhone last June, the patent “makes clear that Apple is devising methods to control its entire Mac operating system through multi-touch rather than a mouse and keyboard,” writes blogger Aidan Malley, who adds the patent is more evidence Apple is “developing a tablet-like device in between the iPhone and full Macs that would require more advanced multi-touch controls.”
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