The Guardian is reporting on a new patent application from Apple that suggests the event next week to unveil its 'latest creation' - aka the iSlate - might see the unveiling of a brand new '3D interface'.
...The patent, originally filed under the names of three French inventors, is called "Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Three-Dimensional Virtual Objects" and describes "a portable electronic device with a touch screen display" which displays what looks to the user like a 3D layout....
This isn't the first suggestion of such an idea, but according to the article, it could be the most well founded rumour so far. The iSlate has also been rumoured to have an interface with a 'steep learning curve' and a more 3D orientation would certainly be new for many people.
All will [hopefully] be revealed next Wednesday.
