Apple patents hybrid laptop with wireless charging April 5, 2013 - 13:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Apple is working on new hardware that combines features of the iPad and MacBook, a patent filing suggests, according to Digital Spy. The document, filed with the US patent office, appears to depict a hybrid device with a detachable screen that draws power wirelessly from the base unit. "When the display is at least in one position with respect to the base, the power source transmits power to the power transition member of the display," the filing explains. The patent indicates that Apple is exploring the possibility of combining its iPad and MacBook products, but CEO Tim Cook has dismissed this notion in the past. "Anything can be forced to converge, but the problem is that products are about tradeoffs, and you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left doesn't please anyone," he told CNET in a 2012 interview. "You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user." Apple is widely believed to working on brand new products at present, including the rumoured iOS-powered smartwatch.   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |
