A quick-and-dirty patent filing on the behalf of Apple Inc. proposes a new notebook docking station modeled after its all-in-one iMac desktop computer, where a notebook computer would be inserted into ...

A patent application submitted in 2006 and published for the first time today has revealed that Apple is working on a docking station for portable computers, the exterior of which closely resembles ...

Docking Stations have permeated corporate office buildings for as long as we can remember, and even today, many "business notebooks" ship with a gap in the bottom to connect to a first-party dock that ...

News just in from The Street that Apple will be working with Verizon rather than AT&T in the US upon announcement of the Apple Tablet, expected next Wednesday. This little news nugget was discovered ...

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You put your iPhone down on a docking surface with the top facing an icon on the pad marked “data sync.” And just like that, the data starts syncing. That kind of orientation-triggered action could ...

Looking at the latest Apple patent application surfacing via Mac Rumors, you have to wonder. Not about the patent, but whether some of the folks at The Campus in Cupertino get their kicks by frothing ...

This Apple docking station patent shows a screen base in which you can slide in a MacBook through its side. While this would be difficult to do with current MacBook models, it fits perfectly with the ...

At least iPods, iPhones and iPads work in both vertical and horizontal orientations — and Apple wants you to be able to dock ’em in either position. A patent (number 7,715,187) has appeared at the US ...

Henge Docks on Tuesday finally announced availability of its Vertical Docking Station for Apple's 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, introducing a new metal alloy chassis, tweaked ...

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Macworld Apple released some great new products in 2025, from the stunning Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro, to the incredible M5 ...