Good ole’ Steve Jobs sure is getting ready for the launch of his precious baby, the Apple iPhone. First he opens up the iPhone to limited third-party development, and now we find this Apple patent application that outlines an accessory detector for a “mobile handset” of some sort. We fairly certain that this “mobile handset” is a sideways mention at the Apple iPhone, and that Cupertino’s plans for an “accessory detector” is laying ground for a “Made for iPhone” certification program. The “accessory detector” will be “…coupled to the connector and configured to detect whether an external accessory coupled to the connector may interfere with wireless communication with the handheld device.” This would make it easy for Apple to lock down the iPhone for solely Apple-approved peripherals – triggering alarms and warnings when non-certified accessories gets intimate with the iPhone connector.
Oh, and it’s probably just a coincidence that the patent makes “Made for iPhone” taxation a breeze.
via: unwiredview