Following the granting of a patent to Amazon for dual-screen technology exactly like what the Nook uses, now a patent application made in January 2009 by Microsoft has just been published. According to the Register, they want to protect the electronic page-turning animations used by Apple’s iBooks and others. (In addition to the single-page turns that iBooks shows, the patent also envisions the ability to turn whole chunks of page in a single swipe.)Register In an article on how game-makers are looking at adding 3G connections to their machines following the popularity of wireless connections on ereaders, the WSJ says […]
