Apple's phone ceases to be rumor

The US Patent Office has published two applications filed by Apple Computer and confirming rumors of a new Apple phone.

The first patent application is about the user interface, which may replace the iPod scroll wheel. It should be noted that in the illustrations it is the mobile handset that acts as a device using the new interface. The second document tells about a universal docking station for portable electronic equipment and unequivocally notes that one of the potential "customers" of this device can be a telephone, writes TechWeb .