Bezel Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple patent shows new "smart bezel" for tablets

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 19th, 2011)

An Apple patent was published this week that details a touch sensitive, smart bezel for its tablet devices. The bezel would include touch sensors, pressure sensors, light emitters, haptic actuators and accelerometers. With this array of embedded sensors, a user could touch the bezel and control ...

Patent illustrations hint at double-dock iPad, touch-based corner button

by Mike Schramm (Sep 27th, 2010)

Patently Apple has a few new patent illustrations from China that may hint at future iPad hardware features. The first is a second dock on the side of the tablet. As you can see above, the connector would come in handy if you wanted to view the iPad in landscape form, but didn't want to have a ...

Apple granted patent for touch-sensitive bezel

by Mel Martin (Feb 3rd, 2010)

The Patently Apple website is reporting that Apple has been granted patents dealing with tablets and advanced touch technology. The first patent concerns an 'intelligent bezel' where a user could control volume, brightness, zoom or even controls for games by sliding a finger along the edge of the ...

CoverSutra - a customizable iTunes controller with style

by David Chartier (Jan 24th, 2007)

These days, there is absolutely no shortage of apps that let you control iTunes in one way or another. You can use your PSP, tiny menubar controllers, countless iTunes widgets and now - CoverSutra. Featuring a stylish bezel with loads of control feedback and album art display, CoverSutra aims to ...