Jeff Bezos Wants To Put an Airbag In Your iPhone

Posted by Soulskill on Friday August 12, 2011 @07:40AM from the my-droid-doesn't-even-have-a-seat-belt dept.

theodp writes "Don't want to pay Apple $199 to repair the cracked screen of the $199 iPhone you dropped? Neither, apparently, does Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. A patent application made public Thursday lists Bezos as an inventor of 'a system and method for protecting devices from impact damage,' which proposes using airbags, springs, and even a jet propulsion system to keep your iPhones, iPads, and other portable devices safe and out of the clutches of the Genius Bar. Let's hope there's an API — those gas cartridges could be a game-changer for fart apps!"

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Gas cartidge? by kimvette · 2011-08-12 07:48 · Score: 1, Offtopic

They won't give iPhone or iPad users an SD slot or the ability to replace the battery without completely dismantling the phone, but will give us a gas cartridge?

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