January 22, 2015
Playing games on your smartphone can be problematic in many occasions if you use for this your touch screen. Because of this, Apple thought at a solution that might make happy all iPhone users who constantly play games on the smartphone. So, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a new patent for a new "multi-function input device" that allows the iPhone and iPad button to turn into a joystick when needed. So, this is a great opportunity for game players as far as we figure out.
How does it work
Now we will talk a bit about what this device can do. When using the touchscreen to play a game it could get stuck at some points and might affect the evolution of it. Because of this, the joystick looks more useful. So, the iPhone button works normally so, but if you push it, the tool will get up with a few millimeters and this way can be used as a small joystick. About this patent, Apple gave a few statements which have the aim to convince the customers about the utility of the dual button.
Apple position
"Providing multiple different kinds of input devices may frustrate other users who never utilize applications that are suited to one or more of the input devices and have to work around those input devices when utilizing one or more of the other input devices," Apple adds.