Patent application highlights Apple's continued flirtation with haptic feedback

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/05/apple-haptic-patent-5-12.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/patent-application-highlights-apples-continued-flirtation-with/)We could all use a little feedback, right? Even Apple. The company has been toying around with the concept of haptic feedback for a while now, at least so far as patent applications are concerned. Another application filed in November or 2010 has surfaced. Of course, what we told you back in 2009 (http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/02/apple-patent-applications-offer-glimpses-of-haptic-screens-rfid/) about the tenuous connection between an application and an actual product is as relevant as ever. Still, Apple's concept for a "tiered haptic system" which "may use one or more arrays of shape change elements to provide a wide range of tactile feedback" demonstrates that, at least as of late 2010, Cupertino was still working to rethink the way it sees touchscreens.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/patent-application-highlights-apples-continued-flirtation-with/