HACKINTOSH.ORG | Macintosh discussion forums

Patent suggests future Apple Pencil may be destined to work with a Mac trackpad

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/apple-pencil-mac.png?w=1600&h=1000#038;h=500)</div>
<p>A <a href="http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&amp;Sect2=HITOFF&amp;d=PG01&amp;p=1&amp;u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&amp;r=1&amp;f=G&amp;l=50&amp;s1=20160139690.PGNR.&amp;OS=&amp;RS=" target="_blank">patent[/url] published today suggests that Apple may have plans to allow the <a href="http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-pencil/" target="_blank">Apple Pencil[/url] to be used with Mac trackpads as well as the two iPad Pro models.</p>
<p>The patent was originally filed in 2014, when Apple referred to the Apple Pencil as ‘the stylus.’ Much of the text focuses on use of the stylus with a ‘touch screen display’ (aka an iPad), but several of the drawings show what appear to be a trackpad and iMac …</p>
<p> <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/05/19/apple-pencil-mac-trackpad-patent/#more-431557" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p>
Filed under: <a href='http://9to5mac.com/category/apple-pencil/'>Apple Pencil[/url] Tagged: <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-pencil/'>Apple Pencil[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-pencil-mac/'>Apple Pencil Mac[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/apple-pencil-patent/'>Apple Pencil patent[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/mac/'>Mac[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/magic-trackpad/'>Magic Trackpad[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/magic-trackpad-2/'>Magic Trackpad 2[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/patent/'>Patent[/url], <a href='http://9to5mac.com/tag/trackpad-patent/'>Trackpad patent[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/comments/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/delicious/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/facebook/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/twitter/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/stumble/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/digg/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/" />[/url] <a rel="nofollow" href="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/reddit/9to5mac.wordpress.com/431557/" />[/url] <img alt="" border="0" src="(http://[img]http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)[/img]?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=431557&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img alt="" border="0" src="(http://[img]http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif)[/img]?host=9to5mac.com&blog=22754319&post=431557&subd=9to5mac&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><div class="feedflare">
<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=y3NjAFHUyBg:kyrZpvIAuiw:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?a=y3NjAFHUyBg:kyrZpvIAuiw:D7DqB2pKExk)
</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/y3NjAFHUyBg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>

Source: Patent suggests future Apple Pencil may be destined to work with a Mac trackpad (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/y3NjAFHUyBg/)