Apple patent brings iPhone closer

A PATENT application that came to light yesterday has made the launch of the Apple iPhone even more likely to take place at the Mac Expo early next year.

Industry pundits have become excited because the patent makes reference to radio communications. However, according to Information Week the patent mainly covers the use of ceramics.

The publication believes that ceramics will not only lower the manufacturing cost of the 'mobile devices' which the patent mentions, it will also make its components less vulnerable to accidental damage.

This may indicate, the INQ postulates, that the iPhone or iPhones will boast hard disks. As the INQ reported recently, it's been revealed that Apple is planning more than one phone.

The patent comes hard on the heels of the discovery that Apple has indeed trademarked the term iPhone. µ

L'INQ
Information Week

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