RUMORS ARE making rounds that Apple is all set to unveil its much coveted iphone
4G on January 27 the event earmarked for the launch of its tablet device in San Francisco, United States.
The company is supposedly touting iPhone 4G as an answer to rival Googles Nexus One. Apple issued invitations to media outlets on Monday to "join us for an invitation-only event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco on January 27 at 10:00a.m."
The event will be showcased live from San Francisco by Fox network. In September 2009, Apple had surprised everyone by suddenly unveiling the latest generation iPod Touch just before the Fall iPod event reason why everybody has set eyes on the Jan 27 event which may or may not be the official launch of iPhone 4G.
As per PC World, the iPhone 4G will come with some of the most interesting patents. One of the patents is supposedly a "grid of piezoelectronic actuators which could mean the ability to feel virtual buttons or a click wheel and receiving small vibrations from the handset.
Another Apple patent suggests the detection of a user's individual fingerprints as an input method, a security implementation likely to be welcomed by many. It could also mean allowing different parts of the iPhone and any applications to open or locked to different users.
PC World also reveals that the last Apple patent application places a Radio-frequency identification tag reader in the actual display panel of a device, allowing it to read RFIS tags. RFID tags are small circuits that can be embedded in objects for identification using a special reader.