Apple patenta cubierta flexible ‘inteligente’ para el iPad

La Oficina de Patentes de Estados Unidos publicó hoy una solicitud de Apple del año pasado donde explican la posibilidad de construir una cubierta flexible para el iPad que potencia ampliamente las funcionalidades del tablet.

La patente, llamada provisoriamente «Unidad magnética adjunta y métodos de uso», consiste en un dispositivo que se alimentaría y transferiría información de un conector al costado del iPad y que serviría para variados usos como instalar mas íconos y notificaciones, un teclado como el Microsoft Surface o incluso una interfaz para manejar el contenido multimedia del aparato.

Cabe tener claro que es sólo la solicitud de patente. Aún falta que efectivamente Apple quiera fabricarla, aunque si lo hicieran sería algo bastante interesante, y probablemente muy caro.

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