Apple iPen stylus incoming?
Lookie here: Apple's been toying around with the idea of introducing an iPen (our name) to use with its devices and here's the patent to prove it. According to the plans, this optical stylus would work like any other but could also be haptic so that you can feel when the stylus is making contact with the touchscreen.
We're innocently believing that Apple would only patent such an accessory if it had plans to release one, of course. To any naysayers suggesting Cupertino filed the claim back in 2010 to sue phone and tablet manufacturers who went down the stylus route, we're clamping our hands over our ears.
Were you fans of the S Pen on the Galaxy Note? Would the iPad's arty apps be enhanced with an Apple-made stylus? Let us know in the comments.
via Engadget
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Comments
sauspud
51 weeks ago
I feel that with Samsungs Note phone and tablet and the new S Pen for the wonderful Galaxy S3, there is no need for apple join in the fun. But you never know what they are upto.
I'm sure my stylus with my Sony Ericisson P100 was out way before this patent was issued. So its nothing new.
Hope apple doesn't stop the note as the wife wants one when I get my S3.