Apple: a patent to recharge via the headphones

Charging by induction is a long studied topic by Apple but yet untapped. The deal could soon change as a patent recently filed by the mark to Apple about this technology. This patent refers to a possibility to reload its terminal via its listeners. To do this, the user must wrap its listeners around a tower to induction, itself fed via the sector.

Listeners are thus driven current, itself transmitted to the terminal by induction. An idea attractive on paper, but that requires a lot of the time constraints. Apple is not close out such a product, but could be in for the next generation of iPhone and iPod.

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Microsoft filed a patent for the dual screen

Microsoft filed an application for a patent for an innovation to integrate two screens in a smartphone.The particularity of this method is thatit will allow the two screens to detach and communicate all wireless. Operating independently, these screens can display two different environments. In a video of the Office Labs, Microsoft shows a man receiving a video call on her smartphone. While a screen displays his interlocutor, he wears the other to his ear to chat. Of course, is far from this new way to call. Nevertheless, Microsoft is seems to take this idea seriously.One thing is certain, the smartphone is booming. For example, the GFK Institute announced that smart phone sales have increased 80% over last year, on the first five months of the year. At the same time, conventional phones have lost 15% in volume.

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