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Apple Patent Suggests Two iPads Could Be Connected Together for Notebook-Style Computing
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Did anyone watch Requiem For A Dream? I think a similar concept was explored.
Sounds very cool, if I have two ipads laying around. Well technically I do, but one of them is an ipad 2.
I’d rather they do more wirelessly to connect multiple iPad with sidecar type features for different modules in music apps or color pickers and such in photo and drawing apps for those of us who have older iPads laying around the house.
Point of failure … the hinge. That thing is going to be fragile AF. It has to have a clamping force that keeps that thing together all the time. If it's magnetic, the screen is going to break away too easily.
if my junior make like this i will be soo mad . wtf, make proper design layout to explain to people.
You obviously don't know a thing then about applying for patents. You really think you know more than Apple? Really?
This is exactly how these patents are created, and for good reason. You not understanding this reason doesn't negate it.
What's next? Fancy informing nuclear physicists how to do their job because you feel that perhaps you know better than them?
not in usa but the country is weird on patern. One click amazon the most weird for me.
How can you say something that doesn't even exist yet is better than something that does?
This is most likely vapor ware as well.
Hmm....
So a MacBook that has two touch screens, two independent A-series processors, two independent storage spaces and two independent batteries.
I’m not sure how this will pan out tbh, assuming the cost is not an issue. And yes, typing on a sheet of glass is not the same thing as typing on a physical keyboard. As much as apple hate physical buttons, touch screen also fails, and naturally less accurate than dedicated physical buttons.
So a MacBook that has two touch screens, two independent A-series processors, two independent storage spaces and two independent batteries.
I’m not sure how this will pan out tbh, assuming the cost is not an issue. And yes, typing on a sheet of glass is not the same thing as typing on a physical keyboard. As much as apple hate physical buttons, touch screen also fails, and naturally less accurate than dedicated physical buttons.
Hmmm... This looks oddly familiar to me.
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You know a patent is about technology and not design right? Thats not the product. Lol
They can think that all they like, but until it can actually do all the things people use traditional computers for it kinda doesn't matter. They've made powerful hardware but continue to hamper it with an overly limited OS.
Some sort of device which incorporates a “virtual” keyboard making use of haptic feedback is bound to be in testing somewhere in Apple labs. I’m not entirely convinced technology will be there yet - you only have to use an iPad with and without a Magic Keyboard to see & feel the massive difference in the typing experience.
Very interesting though.
I still don’t understand why people continue to just recycle the tired old statement that you can’t get real work done on an iPad though... its so reductive, lazy and patronising.
Very interesting though.
I still don’t understand why people continue to just recycle the tired old statement that you can’t get real work done on an iPad though... its so reductive, lazy and patronising.
Already mentioned that. They then doubled down on their ignorance of what patents are...
At which point your manager should make your junior your boss because your junior would seemingly have a far better idea on how to draw patent diagrams than you.
You seem to be under the misapprehension that patents are designed to be understood by the common person.
They’re not.
They’re designed to withstand any patent claims and also to enforce patent rights. The last people who need to understand them are the general population.
I make plenty, but I’m half way to buying my girlfriend the breast enhancements she wants for the price of 2 iPads... 🤔
You enjoy your silicon keyboard! Either way Corning gets paid! Haha!
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I think this makes a lot of sense. The iPad already has an on screen keyboard and two screens could also be used more like a book when not typing. The complaints remind me of Blackberry users when the iPhone came out with a touchscreen keyboard.
I see lots of people in this thread shaking their heads at the idea of buying a second iPad. I see this device being attractive to households where more than one member has an iPad. When one member of the household wants to use the two-iPad setup, they borrow an iPad from another member.