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Originally Posted by Marvin 
Convertible tablets are never designed well and I can't see an Apple one being any different. The patent picture shows no trackpad, so you have to touch the screen and Apple already said this was too tiring to do.
Then you have the curved display casing so you'd have to make a curved receptacle for it to sit into along with a big ugly slider to move the screen along.
Convertible tablets are never designed well and I can't see an Apple one being any different. The patent picture shows no trackpad, so you have to touch the screen and Apple already said this was too tiring to do.
Then you have the curved display casing so you'd have to make a curved receptacle for it to sit into along with a big ugly slider to move the screen along.
You're reading way too much into it. It's a patent drawing. Patent drawings usually don't show every little part of an item. It's a general idea, not an illustration of a specific product.
There are also plenty of ways around the "curved display casing" you claim is a problem. As the iPhone 4 shows, Apple may be moving away from curved surfaces. And who knows if Apple will use a sliding design? Maybe they'll just have a flat arm reaching from the back of the keyboard section to the exact center of the display. Use it like a laptop or flip the display pivot 180º before closing to lay it flat on its back, sort of like the Dell Duo but without the ugly surrounding frame.
