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03-29-2014, 02:50 AM
See-through iPhone Patent Will Help You Walk and Text
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Apple has a solution for the 12% of people (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/<a%20href=) who approve of walking and texting — heads down and eyes glued to their smartphone, even if a tall man in a bear suit (http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/sxsw-sxswi-texters-bear/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) offers hugs to stop them.
On Thursday, Apple secured (http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/03/27/apples-transparent-texting-tech-lets-iphone-users-safely-message-while-moving) a patent (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=3&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28345%2F633.CCLS.+AND+20140327.PD.%29&OS=ccl/345/633+and+pd/3/27/2014&RS=%28CCL/345/633+AND+PD/20140327%29) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark ****** for a "transparent texting" tech**logy that would allow users to see what's in front of them while looking at their iPhone.
See also: 13 Signs U Might B Addicted 2 Texting (http://mashable.com/2014/02/21/texting-addiction/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The "transparent texting" tech**logy would replace the white background in the iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Messages app with a live video image from the device's rear-facing camera. After the user turns on the feature, they'll be able to see exactly what's behind their iPhone. Whether that would still cause accidents (http://mashable.com/2012/12/14/texting-and-walking-dangers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) — because more users would text more often — is open to debate. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/28/apple-texting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Smartphone (http://mashable.com/category/smartphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Text Messages (http://mashable.com/category/text-messages/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Texting (http://mashable.com/category/texting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Patents (http://mashable.com/category/patents/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/kQy6ezIMYOk
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Apple has a solution for the 12% of people (https://hameed.nwar.uk/vb/<a%20href=) who approve of walking and texting — heads down and eyes glued to their smartphone, even if a tall man in a bear suit (http://mashable.com/2014/03/10/sxsw-sxswi-texters-bear/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) offers hugs to stop them.
On Thursday, Apple secured (http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/03/27/apples-transparent-texting-tech-lets-iphone-users-safely-message-while-moving) a patent (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=3&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=%28345%2F633.CCLS.+AND+20140327.PD.%29&OS=ccl/345/633+and+pd/3/27/2014&RS=%28CCL/345/633+AND+PD/20140327%29) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark ****** for a "transparent texting" tech**logy that would allow users to see what's in front of them while looking at their iPhone.
See also: 13 Signs U Might B Addicted 2 Texting (http://mashable.com/2014/02/21/texting-addiction/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The "transparent texting" tech**logy would replace the white background in the iPhone (http://mashable.com/category/iphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) Messages app with a live video image from the device's rear-facing camera. After the user turns on the feature, they'll be able to see exactly what's behind their iPhone. Whether that would still cause accidents (http://mashable.com/2012/12/14/texting-and-walking-dangers/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) — because more users would text more often — is open to debate. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/28/apple-texting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
More about Apple (http://mashable.com/category/apple/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Smartphone (http://mashable.com/category/smartphone/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Text Messages (http://mashable.com/category/text-messages/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), Texting (http://mashable.com/category/texting/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), and Patents (http://mashable.com/category/patents/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/kQy6ezIMYOk