New Apple patent suggests future iPhones could have a Digital Crown

This year's iPhone is expected to bore everyone's brains out.

Now, next year's iPhone...that's supposed to be the one with the sweeping changes. For the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, Apple surely has something grand planned.

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We've heard rumors of OLED displays, an all-new redesigned body (possibly back to glass), wireless charging, and the integration of the home button/Touch ID sensor directly underneath the screen itself.

It's all really just speculation at this point.

But here's an interesting possibility: a Digital Crown (like the one on the Apple Watch) on an iPhone. Yeah, it could happen.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has published a patent Apple filed in 2014 for a digital crown for devices that look suspiciously similar to iPhones and iPads.

Button 204 in the published diagram below is the crown-like mechanism:

IMAGE: USPTO

Notice how the device in the diagram doesn't have any home button of any sort.

Of course, patent illustrations are all pretty basic and aren't detailed at all. Patent filings also aren't confirmations the ideas will ever make it into real products.

Still, it's not hard to imagine what a Digital Crown would look like on an iPhone. In fact, that's exactly what one 3D designer actually did last year:

At the time, I said a streamlined Digital Crown with an embedded Touch ID fingerprint sensor would actually be smart.

"A digital crown would make it somewhat easier to replicate scrolling, and zooming in and out, without much finger muscle movement," I wrote.

If Apple were to make this concept a reality, I would be one of the first in line to buy one.

Nintendo is re-releasing the NES with 30 pre-loaded games

Nintendo is clearly trying to maximize revenue it can generate before the NX handheld versions of console / next year. Right now we Pokemon Go, which is making millions, and is likely to continue to do so for the rest of this year. But come November, your attention the game will become another place as Nintendo release the NES again.

36 years after the shelves of stores successful original Nintendo Entertainment System a new model of the brand is ready to launch. This is called the Classic Mini Nintendo: Nintendo Entertainment System, but unlike the original will not buy physical games in the cartridges to play. NES Mini ships with 30 of the best built.

Here is the complete list of the games included with the machine:

Balloon Fight
Bubble Bobble
Castlevania
Castlevania II: Simon Search
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Dr. Mario
Excitebike
Final Fantasy
Galaga
Ghosts'n Gobline
Gradius
Ice climber
Kid Icarus
Kirby Adventure
Mario Bros.
Mega Man 2
Metroid
Ninja Gaiden
Pac-Man
Punch out!! Mr. Dream
StarTropics
super C
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Tecmo Bowl,
The legend of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
As the mini console and games, the package includes a NES controller. It is unclear whether this is exactly the same as the original NES controller, but certainly the same for the packaging looks shots. It also supports the Wii and Wii U to play Virtual Console NES game.

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You will also have the pleasure of hearing the Mini NES is connected to a TV via HDMI, which includes a HDMI cable, and power is achieved through a USB cable and AC adapter, even if you are buying in the UK you need to supply an AC adapter USB, as it is not provided with one.

The classic Mini Nintendo: Nintendo Entertainment System is set to go on sale on November 11 of $ 59.99. That's a mighty tempting price for a trip of nostalgia game. We should be more until the future of Nintendo.

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