Comments on: Apple files patent for ‘disappearing iPhone’ where camera, flash and even the screen vanish when not in use

By: Sharon Sharalike

Sharon Sharalike — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:03:37 +0000

I suggest “delusional” for the name you use for your next post, as you ignore your factual errors and assertions and somehow convince yourself that you know of which you speak.

By: NewsFlash

NewsFlash — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 13:03:43 +0000

Now that your screed has come to an end, prepare to be educated:

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ig·no·rant
/ˈignərənt/
Adjective

1. Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

2. Lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about something in particular: “ignorant of astronomy”.
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You see, one definition is an insult and the other is not. If you are pointing out a specific area in which someone is demonstrably shown to lack knowledge, it is perfectly reasonable to call out their ignorance of the topic.

Which is exactly what happened.

You lose as a result of being ignorant of the subtleties of the English language.

By: Sharon Sharalike

Sharon Sharalike — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:52:34 +0000

I assume by your name you get to wear one of those snazzy train-drivin’ hats. I know it’s fun to call people ignorant, especially on the internet, but before you do it’s a good idea to spend two minutes searching just to make sure, oh ya know, that you’re not the ignorant one.

Or perhaps you’re a time traveller from 1879, which is the last year the working prototype requirement was in effect.

So I presume now that you will come back and retract what you wrote. Train schedule permitting, of course.

By: Engineer

Engineer — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:27:59 +0000

False. You have to have a working prototype to file a patent. You can’t just patent ideas.

Every person who thinks the system needs an overhaul that I’ve seen is fundamentally ignorant of what patents are and how the system works– like you!

By: nflux42

nflux42 — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:00:15 +0000

I find it amusing how the Apple haters always lurk on the Mac related site. Pure envy i ‘spose.

By: Sharon Sharalike

Sharon Sharalike — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:01:45 +0000

No. I wouldn’t get too excited. Apple files tons of patents that don’t turn into products. There’s really no choice. If an idea seems reasonable and you don’t patent it, somebody else will.

The system needs an overhaul, seems to me.

By: HTML5 Gordon

HTML5 Gordon — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 17:05:24 +0000

This is actually a brilliant idea if the tech works well and truly obscures the fact that there are specific components under portions of the screen/device when they are not in use.

What this will allow is maintaining sleek and smaller form factors while still being able to add features. One of the first things I thought about when people were rumoring that the iPhone 5 may have a biometric scanner was how they were going to be able to place it on the phone without sacrificing the design aesthetic.

I realize that a lot of people (read: Android users) don’t really care about design, and would be satisfied if the inclusion of a thumbprint scanner meant that the device had to be wider or, simply required that the scanner was place asymmetrically on the front of the device (like next to the home button). Thankfully, Apple does not think this way, and it is one of the many things that makes them the best at what they do.

By: What A Schmuck

What A Schmuck — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:59:14 +0000

Its’ kind doesn’t run; it slithers.

By: JWSC

JWSC — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:58:18 +0000

The entire surface of the device could be opaque with any color or pattern you want. The colors and patterns could change depending on your mood (it would capture it from biometric sensors) or what kind of music you are playing. When you need to interact with the device the applicable surfaces come to life.

By: Daggar

Daggar — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:44:47 +0000

Run on back to your fandroid/microsloth blogs.

By: Kool Aid NY1

Kool Aid NY1 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:09:11 +0000

Patent already filed for by Dyson. Dyson is also coming out with their new smartphone but apparently it sucks!

By: Clasqm

Clasqm — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 07:37:46 +0000

I vaguely remember a comedy skit claiming that after the Macbook Air would come the invisible Macbook Vacuum.

By: arkansasblogger

arkansasblogger — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:32:50 +0000

This Invisible iPhone sounds pretty cool! Can’t wait to get one so everyone can see… oh… wait…

By: jfairweather

jfairweather — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:07:02 +0000

You have to be far enough along with the idea to give an oblique description of how it works.

By: danilko1

danilko1 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 05:08:38 +0000

Do you have to hava a working prototype to file a patent or just the idea?

By: h2a

h2a — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:56:40 +0000

spoke like someone with truly no taste for product design

By: Kool Aid NY1

Kool Aid NY1 — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 04:24:18 +0000

Useless and frankly irrelevant to the mjority of humans with the exception of iSheep.

By: kurt

kurt — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:41:32 +0000

Crap!

By: xil

xil — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 03:20:59 +0000

Will the tech work on companies, too…so Gurgle, Dingdong and M$ would only appear when needed?

Oh, wait, once cloaked, would they ever be needed again?

Virtually, this tech may make it seem like Apple applied the it to them!

By: JR

JR — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:34:27 +0000

Think different = Apple DNA

By: Tiby

Tiby — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:58:20 +0000

This is innovation. All those idiots claiming Apple is litigating not innovating… the proof is in the product.

By: MacHeadB

MacHeadB — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 01:22:04 +0000

Buy AAPL stock while you can! When this technology comes out it will be too late.

Good chance to lock in $300 increase per share