Apple Patent Reveals Plastic Touch Screen Technology

A recently-published Apple patent application reveals a new process for creating plastic touch screen panels dubbed a PET-based touch pad. The patent outlines a touch screen comprised of two layers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), housed in an iPhone and an iPod. The drawings suggest that Apple could add the new technology to existing lines, but it also hints at new applications such as a tablet or touch screen...

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Wadia Digital Releases iTransport Pure-Digital iPod Docking Station

Wadia Digital has released the 170iTransport Advanced iPod Docking Station. Wadia asserts the iTransport is the first digital player dock to retrieve a direct digital signal from an iPod. The dock bypasses the iPod’s internal D/A conversion and output stage, allowing for a bit-perfect S/PDIF digital audio output from full-resolution file formats (such as .WAV and Apple Lossless) stored on iPod nano (video), iPod classic, or iPod...

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