Apple is developing a tangible touchscreen for the iPhone and the iPad

Apple integrates next-generation iPhone and iPad tablet new sensor technology that will literally feel the interface elements on the display. This publication reports Cnet, with reference to a patent application filed by the engineers in Cupertino Corporation Office of Patents and trademarks of the United States.

The document describes in detail the implementation of tactile feedback in touch-screens iPhone, iPad and trackpad Mac. This is the placement of piezoelectric actuators near the capacitive sensors, so that users can feel the vibration of only a single point on the screen.

The new technology will allow users to receive i-gadgets small impact when you click on links or icons. The developers of Apple also describe the use of force sensors that can determine how much users click on the display.

In parallel, Apple decides to include feedback for the virtual keyboard buttons iOS-devices. The company planned to solve this problem long before the presentation of tablets iPad. The patent, dated the year 2009, refers to the fact that by "articulating a basis" the surface of the screen to create similar physical keyboard tabs, or point, which  is supposed to use the programmable magnets with alternating polarity and liquid Ferro-magnets that can change shape under the influence of a magnetic field .

If you find the moment of contact of a finger and touch screen, this mechanism moves the liquid Ferro-magnets under the finger, resulting in some of the surface takes a convex shape. When the user is typing, the screen becomes smooth again.

iPhone 5 can get a fully glass enclosure

Apple is developing a new type of housing for smartphones iOS, made entirely of glass. According to the designers from Cupertino, glass body are more comfortable and aesthetically attractive.

Today in the United States Patent and Trademark Office U.S. Apple filed a new application, which describes a portable device with a housing made entirely of glass. According to this document, this shell is made of "a hollow glass tube," or from two pieces of glass bonded together. It is noted that the device is completely sealed.

Among the obvious advantages of such solutions, the glass is completely iPhone will also have a number of shortcomings. For example, despite the fact that this material is quite strong, especially in the case of Gorilla Glass 2 , it can be damaged during the fall. In addition, the phone is a lot of sensors, some of which may not work inside a transparent glass case. However, in his application Apple engineers considered the possibility of this problem, noting that some parts may be opaque.

In the patent application, Apple describes the new development:

"One of the reasons that lead to prefer glass to other materials, is that it is strong, tough, transparent, and transmits radio signals, so it is suitable material for the housing of an electronic device designed for wireless communication.

Glass shell will also provide a portable gadget unique, aesthetically pleasing appearance. Seamless casing provides additional benefits in the form of fewer places for dirt and moisture. "

Such housing can equip the next generation iPhone. In this version of the iPhone 4 and 4S is not so far from this concept - their body is composed of two glass panels and steel frames.