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Apple 's patent application, give us a glimpse into their post-PC future, and it looks like hard keys so2008th The recent submission revelead shows off a virtual, flat keyboard concept for Cupertino 's line of non-IOS products, flirting with a metal, plastic and glass form factors. With a combination of piezoelectrics, haptic feedback, and Acoustic Pulse Recognition, this prospective design may be hitting your finger-detect input surface. If you 're the kind of fast typing, you' re probably wondering how your numbers identifies the keys without looking. Well, there 'sa few workarounds for it. In its metal and plastic iterations, Jobs and co. Plan to stamp or micro-perforation of the layout in place, while their glass counterparts want to get a graphical overlay. The application also promises an LED-backlit display for tough conditions and the inclusion of capacitive sensors to enable multi-touch watch functions, so you avoid ee cummings-style e-mails. Of course applications can aren 't necessarily indicative surefire for a product, but those interested in tickling their imagination to give the source link a look.

Apple patent application takes the hard keys from the keyboard, a flat surface solution promises originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, July 25, 2011 22:05:00 EDT. Please read our terms for use of feeds.

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