Early iPad & iPhone prototypes revealed!

One good thing about these increasingly stupid patent cases is the documents that come out showing the inner workings of companies design process. I love seeing designs of the road not travelled (used to be intrigued by what Nintendo had on the burn that never made it to market for instance).

Here's some early versions of the iPhone and iPad which (thankfully in most cases!) we were never able to buy:

That explains a lot about Jobsy.

Kickstands are quite possibly the ugliest way of making a tablet sit upright...

Ohh, is that what it is? I thought it was a stylus.