Liquidmetal

Apple's alloy partner , Liquidmetal announces that they're shipping commercial parts

By Simon Sage, Wednesday, Mar 7, 2012 a 1:02 pm

LiquidMetal picked the day before the iPad 3 announcement to mention that they're shipping commercial parts to their customers.

iPhone live podcast 114: What's that guitar mean anyway?

By Rene Ritchie, Thursday, Aug 26, 2010 a 11:10 pm

Apple announces annual special music event for Sept. 1, Jobs says iOS 4 on iPhone 3G is getting fixed, More on LiquidMetal, and Facebook releases 3 updates in a week. And what does that guitar mean anyway? This is iPhone live!

Is LiquidMetal all about the manufacturing process for Apple?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 a 10:56 am

Cult of Mac has an interesting post up that shows some of the truly spectacular LiquidMetal injection moulding and manufacturing processes that will let Apple make stronger, better, faster unibodies, antennas, and pretty much everything else. Here are some choice quotes:

Apple's first Liquidmetal product revealed

By Jeremy, Tuesday, Aug 17, 2010 a 1:16 pm

That's right ladies and gentlemen, the above image is a SIM ejector tool that was first included with the iPhone 3G and later with the iPhone 3GS and according to Cult of Mac it is indeed made out of Liquidmetal. Yes, this is the exact same Liquidmetal that Apple recently licensed the intellectual property of just last week. And in case you were wondering exactly what is Liquidmetal - it's a very hard metal alloy, basically unbendable, and has a distinctive color and feel.

Apple licenses Liquidmetal for future iPhones, iPads?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Aug 9, 2010 a 1:54 pm

The Baltimore Sun has found an SEC filing that shows Apple has broadly licensed the intellectual property of California amorphous alloy maker Liquidmetal, perhaps for use in future iPhone and iPad devices. What's liquid metal?