More olde iPhone/iPad prototypes and drawings turn up in court papers [Gallery]

Last week we galleried up a bunch of iPhone prototypes Apple was forced to divulge in the run-up to its legal fight with Samsung, which starts today incidentally.  One interesting note: At the prototype phase, both iPhones and iPads are … Continue reading →

Early iPhone and iPad prototypes revealed in Apple-Samsung trial

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An early iPad design with a kickstand (Credit: The Verge) It appears that Apple thought about having a kickstand on the original iPad, or at least considered it sufficiently to create several different prototypes. A narrow, longer iPhone prototype (Credit: … Continue reading →

iPhone 5 prototypes could come with NFC support

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(Credit: Apple) The next iPhone could let users buy products and share files through near field communication.   Code pulled from Pre-EVT (Engineering Verification Testing) NFC chips and an antenna will be built into this year’s iPhone.   If true, … Continue reading →