http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2008/01/04/patents-portable-computer-docking-station-ever-changing-keyboard/ Mac News, Rumours and Opinions That You Want to Hear. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2008/01/04/patents-portable-computer-docking-station-ever-changing-keyboard/#comment-23475 Bob Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:24:25 +0000 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2008/01/04/patents-portable-computer-docking-station-ever-changing-keyboard/#comment-23475 I travel a lot and it's a real annoyance just to have to use a "foreign" keyboard in a foreign country. "Where's the stinking @ sign!?" :) This would be good for making one keyboard that could be used for all languages, but if every application had the freedom to put its Quit button on a different key I'm sure it would push some people over the edge. Like me. The inconsistencies in OSX/iPod/Apple UI's are bad enough as it is. I travel a lot and it’s a real annoyance just to have to use a “foreign” keyboard in a foreign country. “Where’s the stinking @ sign!?” This would be good for making one keyboard that could be used for all languages, but if every application had the freedom to put its Quit button on a different key I’m sure it would push some people over the edge. Like me. The inconsistencies in OSX/iPod/Apple UI’s are bad enough as it is.

]]> http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2008/01/04/patents-portable-computer-docking-station-ever-changing-keyboard/#comment-23462 Latrent Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:52:23 +0000 http://news.worldofapple.com/archives/2008/01/04/patents-portable-computer-docking-station-ever-changing-keyboard/#comment-23462 I will be interested to see how they solve the cooling problem of a MacBook being used while closed, and whose fan vents (at least in these images) appear to be completely enclosed. I will be interested to see how they solve the cooling problem of a MacBook being used while closed, and whose fan vents (at least in these images) appear to be completely enclosed.

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