A new Apple patent discovered by AppleInsider shows plans for new product packaging and that's... pretty boring. What is interesting about the new packaging though is that it may hint at future where iPhones and iPads would charge wirelessly.

We're getting to the point where 3D is about as likely as Dippin' Dots to be the future. And for all of its clumsy, forced iterations, there's maybe nowhere that third dimension has been less successful than in phones. This recently discovered Apple patent indicates that Cupertino's either going to cure all our 3D…

It's not hyperbolic to say that Apple introduced multitouch to the masses with the iPhone. Apple thought that they could trademark it. Unfortunately for them, the United States Patent and Trademark Office thought differently. They've denied Apple the multitouch trademark.

Apple patents come and go and rarely see the consumer side of things, but this latest one uncovered by CNET this morning would be a welcome addition to the company's touch-friendly future.

Apple Insider has uncovered some new Apple patents that may make maps a lot easier to figure out. The general idea is that they'll highlight the stuff you care about through exaggeration: routes are bigger, landmarks are emphasized, etc.

Just because a patent's filed, doesn't mean the company in question has any ambition to actually make the damn thing. Take Apple's inductive charger, which proposes wrapping headphones around a charging tower with the earbuds conducting electricity to the iPhone.

According to a source at Cult of Mac, Apple's currently working on a system that would make NFC-equipped iPhones central to a remote computing solution in which any Mac could temporarily become your personal machine. That would be nice! Cult of Mac says:

It's hard to find a display crisper than OLED; you don't need to look much further than LG's 32-inch OLED TV for proof. So how come we don't see the technology in laptops? Apple's apparently been asking the same question.

According to a patent, Apple is hoping to move the iPhone's antenna behind the Apple logo. This could potentially solve the attenuation problem that has plagued the iPhone 4.

Before worrying about your iPod dock's future (and the whole of China's accessory ecosystem being thrown into disarray), listen up: I don't think we need to worry about the iPad and iPhone eschewing the humble 30-pin connector.