“For Macites who are road warriors, this could definitely be the patent of the year for you,” Purcher reports. “With LTE and other 4G networks rolling out in 2011, it’s clear that Apple is preparing to deliver some pretty interesting MacBooks for us to get excited about in the coming months and years. It’s equally clear that Apple has been exploring and testing out several next generation antenna technologies since April of 2008. And while Apple’s patent shows us a few of the ways that the telephonic antenna could be implemented in the MacBook, the patent also opens the door to some rather interesting twists that could spice things up for the next generation MacBook.”
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Purcher reports, “Apple touts that they’re the leading portable devices company in the world – and this patent shows us once again that Apple’s engineers are out to stay number one for many years to come. According to Apple’s patent, the MacBook may handle communications over one or more communications bands. For example, wireless communications circuitry in the MacBook may be used to handle cellular telephone communications in one or more frequency bands and data communications in one or more communications bands.”
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