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Apple Patents “Active Stylus”, Possible Future iPen

When the iPhone was first introduced, Steve Jobs rejected the idea of a stylus. Digital devices were said to be designed for the touch. However, the present Apple seems to be thinking of bringing it back by patenting the Active Stylus.

According to Patently Apple:

Unlike conventional styluses which work passively by blocking electric field lines between the drive and sense electrodes of a capacitive touch sensor panel, the styluses disclosed in this patent filing can either act as a drive electrode to create an electric field between the drive electrode and the sense lines of a mutual capacitive touch sensor panel, or as a sense electrode for sensing capacitively coupled signals from one or more stimulated drive rows and columns of the touch sensor panel or both.

This patent, when released as a final product, will improve responsiveness while using a stylus. However, it’s hard to imagine using a stylus on an iOS device.

iPen

If this patent is not really for production purposes, it could be that it was only made to improve their patent portfolio – after all, Samsung has their very successful Note line that features the S-Pen, and you know what could spawn from this.

This is not the first time Apple took back its words. The company once said that smaller tablets won’t compete well, and yet here we are with the iPad Mini.

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Bob Freking occasionally contributes articles to the website. He is a UST Graduate of Commerce & Business Administration, Major in Marketing Management, and a full-time Sith Lord with three dragons.

64 Responses

  1. Avatar for juniper juniper says:

    Haha!! Jeeeezzzz, Steve Jobs would be rolling in his grave by now…. just the thought of having styluses. He woild be bantering and having a hissy fit when he learns of what happens to his beloved company. What products are gonna be out. He is a perfectionist…… go read his biography “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson.

  2. Avatar for fat internet guy fat internet guy says:

    uy nice, parang note 2 na..baka mapabili na rin ako! :D

  3. Avatar for lolwut lolwut says:

    Typical Apple. Another testament that Steve Jobs is dead. I wouldn’t be shock if they sue some stylus accessory manufacturer over this.

  4. Avatar for kosmetyki kolagenowe kosmetyki kolagenowe says:

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  5. Avatar for Anon Anon says:

    My iDevice has no Launcherzzz, no Widgetzzz and no NFC, and it cost me lots of moneyzzz.

  6. Avatar for kit kit says:

    yey a stylus for iOS!

    pero sana lang di magfile apple ng patent case against those who have it already lol

    i also heard that they will have the iwatch and iglass idk..

    • Avatar for Zayne Zayne says:

      iWatch is the next rumored project due to the death of the iPod Nano Watch Design. “iGlass” Haven’t heard of that maybe your talking about google glasses but no rumors have come out of CNET, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Cult of Mac about the iGlass

  7. Avatar for lupin lupin says:

    nice apple, your innovation is really one of a kind. iphones, ipads,itune,ipen,ihouse,icar, etc.. and of course this is for all ihumans or isheep maybe.

  8. Avatar for Ty Ty says:

    It all boils down to preference, android o ios pa yan basta gusto mo at yaka ng budget mo.. Go lang! Wala namang perpektong gadget may kaya ang ios na di kaya ng android and vice versa…

    Kung follower ka ng ios no need na awayin at hanapan ng bugas ng android
    Kung android user ka dont say bitter lines bout ios device, its business guys kung anu yung wala sa isa pupunan na is at other way around..

    And for the stylus na to, kung totoo man ito, anu kaya say ni steve jobs kung gnawa to nung buhay pa sya. Kasi nung panahon nya he innovate touch technology like never before..

  9. Avatar for JohnRoyCruz JohnRoyCruz says:

    Simple lang. It’s a matter of choice. I prefer IOS because of some reasons. It suits my needs. And i have my preference. If others want android or windows, then i respect that. Whatever i buy, it’s my money. Whatever they buy it’s their money that they are spending. So kahit pa bilhin ko basta pera ko at may pambili ako, it is my choice.

  10. Avatar for paul a. paul a. says:

    hay… i have both samsung and apple products, and even window based os… problem ko lang nalilito na ako pag inter change ng mga gadgets…HEHEHE

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