we’re ready to probe and poke it until it squeaks. Thankfully, we just found a list of 21 important iPhone patents including, but not limited to:

Methods and apparatuses for docking a portable electronic device that operates in multiple orientations

Hot unpluggable media storage device – OMG! No eject?

Techniques for presenting sound effects on a portable media player

This isn’t anything we haven’t all seen/dreamed of before, but its nice to see a hint of what the iPhone could and probably will be when it drops in June.

The 21 most important iPhone patents [Mad4MobilePhones]