Briefly: Tablet Mac patent, Mac OS X 10.4.1, iTunes phone

MacObserver reported earlier this week that Apple has been granted a patent at the USPTO, that relates what seems to be a sort of Tablet Mac. The site provides a full analysis of the patent filing.

According to several mac-centric web sites as well as some anonymous sources. Mac OS X 10.4 update builds are continuing to be seeded to developers. The latest buid, numbered 8B13, fixes several bugs and seems to be reaching the final phase of its development. The release of Tiger's first minor update is expected to happen before the end of the month.

Mobilegazettes believes to have found which Motorola mobile phone will be the iTunes phone. According to the site, it will be the Motorola E790 with minor design changes. Gizmodo has recently published screenshots of what they claim to be the user interface of the iTunes phone.