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Apple Files Trademark for iPhone 4 Retail Packaging

 
On June 29, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published Apple's latest trademark application pertaining to the retail packaging for the iPhone 4 under application 85070775. Apple has filed their trademark under International Class 009 covering all aspects of the iPhone's features that are presented in this report. The iPhone 4 has broken another Apple record by selling 1.7 million units of a product in just three days flat.

Apple Granted Patents for iPhone, Apple TV, Cooling System, More

 
The US Patent and Trademark Office officially published a series of thirteen newly granted patents for Apple Inc. today covering such matters as two design wins for Apple's iPhone 2G, the Apple Mail and garbage can icons, Apple TV, a notebook cooling system using a thermally conductive hinge assembly and more.

Apple Introduces the Incredible Shape Shifting Device Interface

 
On June 24, 2010, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals various concepts behind a newly advanced shape shifting device interface that could transform a flat interface into a physical 3D embodiment. It could create a physical tactile keypad on a future iPhone or iPod Classic interface and technically provide the iPad with a physical-like keyboard. This incredible concept is packed with wild concepts that could transform a device automatically by simply being in a room with a notable temperature change. The concept could alter an iPod Classic to be a TV remote with various buttons in a configurable interface that will blow your mind. This is definitely a candidate for patent of the year and if Apple ever gets this out to market, it's ball game over for the iPhone and iPod wannabe's of this world.

Hot Off the Press: Apple's iPhone 4 Product Guide

In our June 18 report titled "Apple Tells FCC: There's more to the iPhone than the Public Knows," we presented Apple's letter to the FCC concerning product information confidentiality. One of the secrets Apple was holding back was that the iPhone was going to pack 512 MB RAM which was confirmed by iFixit today. In step 8 of their teardown, iFixit states: "Unlike the iPhone 3GS and iPad, who are both equipped with 256 MB, the iPhone 4 has a whopping 512 MB!" Prior to that on June 22, the Los Angeles Times revealed Apple's new privacy policy changes concerning geo-location. The LA Times stated that "Apple Inc. is now collecting the "precise," "real-time geographic location" of its users' iPhones, iPads and computers." This is confirmed in Apple's iPhone 4 Product Guide enclosed in this report – which all about the guide and nothing but the guide so that you could read it for yourself.

Hot Off the Press: Apple's iPhone 4 Product Guide – Part 2

In part one of this two part series we covered Apple's iPhone 4 Product Guide from the cover to page 13 while pointing out that Apple's privacy policy concerning geo-location is in fact revealed in Apple's iPhone 4 Product Guide. In part two, we cover pages 14-27 for your convenience. While not having a lot of time to review the guide for secret details, you will indeed find new information about video calls that has never been revealed before. This is likely one of the little details that Apple would have considered a "secret." While not earth shattering, it is an interesting little twist that you may want to know about before you pick up your iPhone 4 tomorrow morning. For those of you who will be picking up your iPhone 4 tomorrow: Cheers!