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Remember when Apple’s Phil Schiller mentioned he wasn’t into wireless charging? Well, what he specifically said was that he didn’t dig “having to create another charging device you have to plug into the wall.” In other words, Apple is probably looking for a simpler way to make the idea work — and that’s exactly what we’re looking at in the patent [...]

Not a huge surprise here, but Apple has also introduced a new Smart Cover for the iPad mini. While mostly identical in appearance to its larger counterpart, this new smaller version does do away with the metal hinge. It also expectedly comes in a variety colors — six, to be specific, including a (Product) RED model, each of which will set you back $39. For more from this event, follow [...]

According to a patent application made public by the USPTO this morning (and originally filed a year ago), Apple believes it’s possible to build a flexible display into an iPad cover in order to “greatly enhance” the functionality of the tablet itself. Taking power and data from a dedicated connector on the side of the slate, at least one segment of the name-deserving Smart Cover [...]

Cunning design is a wonderful thing, and this triangular bundle of smarts is almost meta! Rocketfish‘s Sound Prism is exactly what it says it is, a three-sided speaker bar with a twist (metaphorically speaking.) Inventors, CRE8 Design studio, cooked up the clever idea of using the empty space created by a folded Apple Smart Cover. This fella neatly slips into the cubby-hole of the folded [...]

The new iPad is a lot like the old iPad, except when it comes to Smart Covers. Apparently some old Smart Covers and third-party cases aren’t working with the new iPad. The reason? Polarity matters now. More