Google has patented touch-sensitive buttons on the back of the smartphone

Google has patented the design, which, apparently, will be used in future smartphones and tablets based on the operating system Android. Relevant documentation resource Patent Bolt found on the website of the Office of Patents and Trademarks U.S. (US Patent & Trademark Office). Describes the development of touch-sensitive buttons, which will be placed not on the front and the back of the mobile device.

Of course, for text or other complex operations such controls will be difficult to use, because if you look at the screen, they are not visible. But in order to "turn the page" e-books, navigate through the photos in the gallery and the like are welcomed. It is interesting that such a patent application filed by Apple back in 2006, but so far it has not released the iPhone or iPad with the touch-sensitive buttons on the back. It remains unclear, and then, when the market will feature such models based on the OS Android.