Motorola wrap-around display phone concept is pretty but also pretty impractical
A phone that’s almost 100% screen has some benefits, but the ergonomic and practical concerns could outweigh those. Most of the time we spend on…
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Apple just filed a patent for a new MacBook design with its own integrated Apple Pencil
Earlier this week, a patent filed by Apple at the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) was discovered that outlined a schematic for a MacBook…
Completely absurd patent by Vivo shows a smartphone with its own built-in tiny drone camera
What will they think of next? A smartphone that can 3D print?? (Okay scratch that, that would actually be pretty awesome) Just last week (Friday…
Xiaomi tries building what Google and Motorola couldn’t – the modular smartphone
The modular smartphone still remains an elusive pipe dream, nearly a decade after the Phonebloks surfaced on the internet. Google tried it, Motorola managed to…
Apple patent reveals a new type of Pencil with replaceable nibs for different creative applications
Watch out, Wacom and Adobe! In a new patent granted to Apple by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the company is reportedly looking at…
Xiaomi patents indicate they are working on a smartphone with a sliding display
It seems like flexible displays have finally found their place in the smartphone world. Folding phones haven’t been their best application (because folding screens leave…
Gifts for Designers: Apple’s patents, turned into graphic posters that you can hang on your wall!
As someone who knows a bunch of designers, I’ll attest to the fact that it’s mighty hard finding a creative gift for someone who’s entire…
Samsung is rumored to be working on a dual-hinge folding Galaxy smartphone with a sliding keyboard!
Based on a patent filed in mid-2018 at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), which was uncovered only recently by the fine folks at LetsGoDigital,…
In the future, smartphone displays will be embedded in our eyewear
Probably for the first time, spectacle wearers may be at a strategic advantage as North acquired all of Intel’s Vault AR patents. The company aims…