CUPERTINO, Calif., Aug. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. computer giant Apple has filed for a patent for a touch-screen computer that also has mouse and keyboard capabilities, documents show.
EWeek reported Tuesday that Patently Apple, a company watchdog, discovered Apple had filed for a patent for a dual-input computer in Europe in July 2009.
The patent application, published Jan. 14, says, "While touch-based input is suited to many applications, conventional styles of input, such as mouse/keyboard-based input, may be preferred in other applications."
The patent says the computer screen could trigger the switch from traditional to touch input formats based on the angle of the screen itself.
It does not say what operating system would be used for the computer, eWeek reported.
