In a world of constant advances to technology, Apple holds one of the top ranking spots. With it’s domination into the mp3 player market; the smarthphone competition constantly trying to copy; the tablet pc market struggling to keep up; and of course all of the sexiness flowing out of the Cupertino Magic Factory™. The iPad revolutionized the way we compute. From the slick operating system made popular by the iPhone to the amazing gaming fun brought to us by the built in accelerometer. But when it comes to typing we are left with an environment lacking in ease. Yes, for the quick email, Tweet or Facepunch – it might work. But for those that really want to get down on dirty with their freshly installed Pages.app (Apples version of Word knuckle heads), we were left wanting more.

Recent Patent Applications show Apple moving in that direction for all of their computing marvels. I trust in Apple with all my heart(yeah, I said it), but I’m skeptical on how this will work. I pride myself in being a speedy typer – ever since the ripe young age of 8 – I’ve been able to crush the cars I was racing against in my ‘learn to type game’ on my old Mac SE. I’ve tried to rage through a lengthy e-mail or txt on my iPhone with almost no misses but it’s hard – very hard.

The flat keyless keyboard can be constructed out of many different solid materials. Whether it be plastic, metal or glass. From the looks of things, the latter will be the choice here at the GS headquarters. Being that we like to stay up late at night, with nothing but the glow of our monitors, having the keys provided as graphics on a display located under the glass surface with small LED sensors on the edge of the keyboard to light our digital fingersteps sounds incredible!

Do you think Apple can create the perfect set of flat Home Row keys?

Source: Patently Apple
Via: Endgadget