Electro-Tactile Keypad and Support Kickstand Patents Surface, Paving the Way for the Inevitable Nokia Tablet?
The history of Nokia tablet rumors is long and painful, most notably we’ve recently seen pictures of what is supposed to be a cancelled Nokia tablet, before that we heard detailed rumors of a very surface-like device with a built in keyboard/kickstand. Let’s not forget the recent benchmark appearance of the RX-114 a supposed Quad-core RT tab. Adding strength to an upcoming Nokia launch would be two more patents published earlier this year, one for a Kickstand like “apparatus” and the other for an electo-tactile responsive keyboard, both the perfect accessories to match a tablet.
The Electrotactile feedback patent (and more design art) can be found here:
An apparatus including a keypad, pressure sensors and electrotactile feedback electrodes. The keypad includes a plurality of keys. Each of the keys has a topsurface. The pressure sensors are located under the top surfaces of the keys. The electrotactile feedback electrodes are located at the top surfaces of the keys.
The Apparatus stand here:
http://www.google.com/patents/US20130187023
An apparatus including a housing; and a stand connected to the housing. The stand is configured to cooperate with the housing for the housing and the stand to support the apparatus on a surface. The stand is movable on the housing between a retracted position and an extended position. In the retracted position the stand is substantially flat against the housing. In the extended position the stand projects from the housing with a general triangular shape.
It’s a safe bet to assume that Nokia won’t release a tablet on it’s own, it’s sure to have at least a couple accessories or distinguishing hardware features (more Surface-y than iPad-ish), the only question is when will we see Nokia’s first tablet? My money’s on a RT tab this september (the 26th?).
Category: Accessories, Nokia, Windows Phone
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