Patently Apple have found a couple of Apple patents which have some interesting hints at possible paths the next iPad may take. While it’s entirely possibly Apple might completely ignore what they’ve patented (as often happens), these might come to fruition too.
One of the patented designs has a second dock connector, which would allow for horizontal docking, which seems like a remarkably sensible suggestion for the next iPad. The device is just as useful in both orientations, so docking both ways seems to make sense.
Another patent shows something happening with the bottom left corner, but we have no idea. Some sort of interface idea perhaps, maybe for scrolling quickly, or pulling up a dashboard.
Written By
Love the idea of a landscape docking connector. Seems so much more practical than portrait which hasn’t been that stable for me.
Maybe the corner location is a ‘hands off’ area so 3G devices don’t loose signal from antennae problems