Because you can’t argue with very cool, shiny things. Apple has recently been granted a patent for a variable internal illumination color system. It’s thought that such a system could be used in keyboards and other devices. Per Patently Apple: Apple’s granted patent covers devices, systems and methods that implement variable internal illumination of input […]
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These could be very cool. Accessory maker Brydge has announced two new products designed to close the gap between the iPad Pro and the MacBook Pro notebook. The company’s Pro+ keyboard for the iPad Pro offers a built-in trackpad as well as a similar look and feel to Apple’s notebooks. The Pro+ keyboard will arrive […]
The cool cats at iFixit have completed an initial teardown of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro and discovered an updated scissor mechanism that seems to be a massive improvement over the prior butterfly mechanism. Over the past few years, Apple has taken hits over the butterfly keyboard mechanism found on its MacBook and MacBook Pro […]
Apple Vice President of Worldwide Marketing on Wednesday highlighted the Magic Keyboard found in the new 16-inch MacBook Pro. Schiller stated that the new keyboard has been in development for some years. “[The Butterfly keyboard] had some things it did really well,” said Schiller, “like creating a much more stable key platform. It felt more flat […]
A recently published Apple patent suggests that future MacBook keyboards may not feature mechanical keyboard switches, but instead use an “optical keyboard.” The optical keyboard would incorporate a series of emitters and sensors that would measure light. Upon detecting a change in the light, this could be interpreted as input. Per the patent application: The […]