Thread: Apple Patents emerge for Thinner iPad and new Bezel

This week the website Patently Apple has uncovered 2 pending patents put forward by Apple that relate to the iPad.

The first is a thinner design that will make the device easier to hold, but the second is more intriguing.

They have called it a 'smart bezel'. It appears to be a new additional input device/button in the bottom left hand corner of the device.

At this time it is not clear though whether it is a traditional push button or a touch device.

You know it wouldn't surprise me if it was a touch sensitive interface for the buttons on the bezel. Becoming very popular these days. My HD-DVR has this and it's quite nice, though at times hard to use because you need to press in the right area with no physical button for guidance.

Trouble is apple patents like a madman. Not all of these will be used.