“On November 30, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple’s continuation-in-part patent application titled ‘Handheld computing device,’ which was filed on August 7, 2006. Apple’s patent application relates generally to portable computing devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to enclosures of portable computing devices and methods of assembling portable computing devices. Specifically, Apple discusses one of the variant handheld-devices/iPod’s including an enclosure having structural walls formed from Zirconia, a ceramic material which is radio-transparent. To clarify matters, Apple’s patent relates the use of zirconia with such applications as a cell phone and wireless iPod,” Neo reports for MacNN.
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“The interesting feature of the application is the suggestion that instead of aluminum a radio-transparent material could be used for the enclosure- Apple suggests- Zirconia- yep, a fake diamond iPhone! now that’s bling!!! Zirconia may be embodied in a variety of colors including white, black, navy blue, ivory, brown, dark blue, light blue, platinum, gold (among others),” hrmpf reports for hrmpf.com.
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