Snapnator: Your MacBook Snap feature is back

Posted by xeniak on Thursday November 03, 2016 @11:58PM
from the kickstarter.com dept.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/436147229/snapnator-your-macbook-snap-feature-is-back

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Re:Snapnator: Your MacBook Snap feature is back by provemewrong on Friday November 04, 2016 @09:35AM (#12872398)

Not sure if Kickstarter is required for this. You can already order magnetic adapters for micro USB and Lightning ports fom China, and I even found existing solutions for the Type C port [1].

[1]: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/WSKEN-Type-C-Adapter-USB-Fas...

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Re:Snapnator: Your MacBook Snap feature is back by mindcrash on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:14PM (#12873668)

Or this one from Griffin, and already available through Apple accessory retailers worldwide: https://griffintechnology.com/us/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-po...

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Re:Snapnator: Your MacBook Snap feature is back by elsurudo on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:21AM (#12873251)

Does Apple have a patent on this, or is it just not novel enough to warrant it?

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