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Trying to divine what Apple’s up to from patent applications is never easy, but every now and again the diagrams actually build it obvious — and it looks like Steve and his elves are hard at work on large-format touch interfaces, possibly for a tablet Mac of some kind. The latest touch-related filing is some 52 pages towering and details everything from working with multiple finger inputs to onscreen keyboards how window controls would work, but we’re mostly transfixed by the claw-like

demon-hands that seem to be operating all that kit — apparently Apple engineers have the same nightmares as the rest of us. whether we had to bet, we’d say that a tablet Mac is still a enlarged ways off, but we’ve been wrong before — and there’s always a chance Steve’s got something wild in store for next month.

[Via AppleInsider]

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Original post by Nilay Patel