Flash: today's new Apple localized haptic feedback patent app. picked up by MacRumors

a post by cellodude on the IV MB:

>>Flash: today's new Apple localized haptic feedback patent app. picked up by MacRumors

MacRumors reports on a new patent app. by Apple dated 7/2/2009 which describes using a grid of piezo actuators (IMMR patented tech) for localized haptic feedback. Within the article is a link to the Apple/IMMR licensing rumors from 4/26/2008.

Today's article:

[Haptic Feedback, Fingerprint Identification, and RFID Tag Readers in Future iPhones?

Thursday July 02, 2009 05:00 AM EST;

Written by Arnold Kim

Apple has let loose a number of revealing new patent applications that cover some interesting technologies that could be used in future iPhones.

Haptic Tactile Feedback

Perhaps most interesting amongst the patent applications is the acknowledgment by Apple that despite the many advantages of the iPhone's multi-touch screen, a lack of tactile feedback remains its biggest disadvantage]