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Apple’s Thinking About Tile View For Contacts and iTunes Store

By Jason Chen Published March 24, 2011, 3:01 pm ET

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Even though the iTunes app and the Contacts app are two things the iPhone does fairly well already, Apple’s patenting a tile-based view for both. Though, it’s just as likely they grab the patent but don’t implement this feature. [Patently Apple]

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