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June 16, 2008
Microsoft has filed a patent application for a mobile device with a slide-out keyboard, flip-up screen, and a numeric keypad.
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May 13, 2008
A new patent application from Nikon reveals plans for new viewfinder technology involving a small display screen that can be viewed within the optical viewfinder, GIZMODO reports. The photographer could switch between the optical image and digital display .
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March 4, 2008
Gossips have uncovered a new Samsung patent application for a media mobile phone with a self-cradling function.
The design shows an angled hinge in the middle of the candy-bar style phone which allows it to rotate and provide an angled display on top and an input pad on the bottom for some type of multimedia and/or gaming functionality.
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February 29, 2008
Gossips speculate Microsoft could enter the mobile dating industry after this new patent was revealed.
The patent, called Image-Based Face Search details how Microsoft could be developing complex facial recognition software. The patent explains how a photo could be uploaded from a mobile phone or PC and compared with millions of other pictures to find similar matching faces.
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January 3, 2008
Samsung has filed a new patent application, that calls for interchangeable keypads . Users would be able to switch between QWERTY and the standard alphanumeric keypads. The keypads would be engraved on the battery panel, so each time you swap the keypad style, the batteries are changed as well.
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October 12, 2007
 | | Microsoft patent shows off new user interface for mobiles |
Microsoft has filed a patent titled "Extensible Filtered Lists for Mobile Device User Interface."
The documentation spills details for improving the way mobile users interact with the data on their devices . Apparently, the app concentrates on arranging information in "groups or lists," each of which can "include multiple items that provide access to data or tasks from multiple applications."
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October 5, 2007
 | | Apple Patent for Pressure-Sensitive Touchscreens |
Apple has filed a Patent for Pressure-Sensitive Touchscreens.
The patent for a "Force Imaging Input and Device System," is like a spring device underneath the touchscreen or touchpad. The pressure-sensitive "force detector" layer would create a separate set of data, or image, that could add another dimension to interacting with Apple's phones, media players, laptops and displays.
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July 26, 2007
 | | iPhone Nano is real |
There has been alot of talk about the iPhone Nano, one days it is real... the next it is all a dream. Wired View has uncovered the iPhone Nano patent, whether it comes to is another story.
In the patent application, filed on January 04, 2007 (just a couple of weeks before the official launch of first iPhone) Apple talks about a cheap and simple device. And clearly states that it is about a new cellphone in the patent application name - “Telephone interface for a Portable Communication Device”.
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July 25, 2007
 | | new slider concept from BenQ Siemens (SL98), Asus and LG |
patent filings uncovered by Wiredview reveals plans for new concepts slider phones from .BenQ Siemens (SL98), Asus and LG.
One of the concepts show a slider that features a phone that will have a sliding screen instead of keyboard. One of the first phones to use this design was BenqQ Siemens SL98.
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