Apple filed a patent, approved on Thursday, for something new. Something very, very interesting. Today smart phones are built with one forward-facing screen, but tomorrow Apple may be making a "device" where information is displayed on every inch of the surface, according to the patent filing.
The colorfully named "electronic device with wrap around display" is "a consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing."
Before jumping to conclusions, it's worth noting that tech companies as large and resourceful as Apple file patents quite frequently for the sake of protecting potential future ideas. Many of these ideas never come to fruition, but we're hoping this one does.
Of course, then there's the fact that rolls up, which suggests this may be a tricky way to get in a patent for a new iWatch design, the long-rumored and yet to be revealed technology from Apple. With Google's Glass eyewear on its way and Apple filing stuff like this, smart phones may actually look archaic in a couple of years.
