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BlackBerry may be looking join the modern wearable device market in the near future. Thanks to the company’s patent filing with the USPTO, we (think we) know what Canadians are working on. According to Bloomberg, BlackBerry got no less than 27 patents, one of which describes a wearable device that can be used to unlock…
The BlackBerry Torch won’t be the last QWERTY slider made by the Canadian company. If we can take BlackBerry’s recent patent filing for anything, they are working on another such device as we speak. However, unlike the original Torch, this one has a different kind of keyboard, one that looks like Passport’s keyboard. We’re talking…
We’ve been told that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 could be available in two different versions, one with a regular screen and the other with three-sided Yoam display. The latter could also have a different name to emphasize the extra coolness this sort of a display adds to the mix. Perhaps this unit ends up…
Samsung just “can’t get enough” of everything. The Korean handset makers has filed a couple of patents which reveal parts of their plans in the wearables space. First we’ve got to learn about Samsung’s trademark for the “Gear S” name, which we think will be used for the company’s premium line of smart watches. The…
Microsoft plans to join the smart glass market at some point, having recently acquired virtual reality patents from Osterhout Design Group in a deal worth $150 million. While these patents obviously play a role in the Redmond giant’s strategy — $150 million is a significant amount of cash, after all — that doesn’t stop the…
Companies file for patents all the time and more often than not, technologies described in these patents never materialize in the real-world products. Apple is no exception but we still like to see what Cupertino boy and girls are Cook-ing behind the closed doors, at least to get the hints of how their devices will…
Apple has managed to secure a patent that explains how it could make an all-glass iPhone. The filing titled “Fused glass device housings” lists Apple’s design chief, Jony Ive, as one of the applicants.
Apple has recently filed for a patent that would enable changing of iPhone’s security level and UI based on user’s location. Titled “Location-sensitive security levels and setting profiles based on detected location,” the patent explains how different use cases would prompt additional security measures on the iPhone. For instance, when you’re at home and connected…
LG has recently filed for few “G3 trademarks,” including the G3 Lite, G3 Vigor, G3 Vista and G3 Beat. The last name on the list has already been unveiled – it’s used for the G3 Mini in China. Or at least, that phone has all the bells and whistles we would expect from a smaller…
Lenovo may be working on its own Google Glass-like device, or at least that’s what the company’s patent filing suggests. Titled “Electronic Device And Sound Capturing Method,” the filing with the USPTO shows a device that looks like the one Google is already selling, featuring an audio and video recorder, along with built-in displays. Now…