Patent office April fool or Apple foreseeing the future?
 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04...dmount_patent/

Don't quite know what to make of that - really want it to be a hoax!!!

Re: Patent office April fool or Apple foreseeing the future?
 

i just founnd this on US patent office site not read it all but looks real to me
Patent papers

Re: Patent office April fool or Apple foreseeing the future?
 

you ever tried holding a phone that close to your face? give it a go and tell me if u still believe it!

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that = permanent retina damage :)

Re: Patent office April fool or Apple foreseeing the future?
 

hey if u buy an iphone u probably deserve it! good on them! i'm actually finding myself hoping against hope that this is real now, because the first tw*t i see wearing that is gonna get slapped sooooooo hard! and the best bit is he wont even see it coming!

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I had enough trouble with the 3D glasses at the cinema today never mind wearing an iPhone on my nose!

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haha so true god please let it be real so they can all go blind (even though they are blind enough to keep buying the same product over and over cough* ipad) enough of the apple hate from me gota stop now!:D

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The best part about this patent is the iPhone sliding below the victim's nose. I laughed out really hard on this one.

Re: Patent office April fool or Apple foreseeing the future?
 

patent APPLICATION

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this made me laugh :D

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can the human eye even focus at a screen that close?

Re: Patent office April fool or Apple foreseeing the future?
 

apple seem to think so, so it must be true lol, then again, apple seem to think the iphone is a revolutionary smartphone.

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From the application: "the optical sub assembly may also be a more complicated system of optical components that enhance and improved the viewing experience (i.e., help focus the user's eyes on the image frames being displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device)."

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There is allready 3d screen and no need to wear classes.
http://www.toptechreviews.net/tech-t...3d-lcd-panels/