Apple has been sending all kinds of love Palm's way these days, from its recently revealed intention to purchase (and even fund) the the venerable handset maker to CEO Steve Job's admission that the company makes "good" software. The latest has Apple taking a page from Palm's Touchstone technology with a patent application titled "Methods and Apparatuses for Docking a Portable Electronic Device That Has a Planar Like Configuration and That Operates in Multiple Orientations", that would cover the inductive charging of a device such as an iPhone or an iPad. It's looking like Palm users won't be the only ones enjoying an elegant inductive charging option in the near future.
Via: UberGizmo; Source: AppleInsider