Apple Has Half Dozen More Patents

Apple has six newly granted patents that cover various subject matters such as speech synthesis, MacBook and iPod lanyard designs, a new iPhone stand/dock, backlighting for notebooks and compensation circuitry. Of course, not all patents will translate to an actual product, but then again it is interesting to see how some of these might be integrated incto current and future designs. The iPhone stand/dock is, as far as I know, still unreleased, so we might see that coming from certified third party peripheral manufacturers in the near future. Read the source for a much more detailed explanation on all six patents.