Recent published patent applications from Apple could hint at object recognition and facial detection coming to the iPhone in the future. This could open up new opportunities for using the iPhone to get information through camera images as well as improving security access on the device.

An Apple patent might hold the secrets of the next generation iPod Classic featuring the same unibody aluminum coolness that Apple has introduced with its latest MacBook series, opening up for the possibilities of a thinner and cheaper next version of the Classic clickwheel iPod.

According to some Apple patent digging done by AppleInsider it may seem that Apple is working on removable battery solutions for the next generation iPhone, which might have come about following pressure from the European Union to make all mobile batteries easily replaceable and removable in an environmentally friendly way.