Apple Prototypes: 5 Products We Never Saw 169
Michael writes "For every Apple product we see on the shelves, there are dozens that never make it to production. Sometimes, these rare gems surface on the web for us to take a look at, and ponder what might have been. Scouring through the interweb, I've compiled this list of 5 Apple products that only the most hardcore of hardcore MacAddicts have ever stumbled across.
Surprisingly, some of these products, over 10 years old, are still being speculated about in one form or another to this day. Will we see new products based on these old prototypes? It's far more likely that anything resembling the devices listed below have been rebuilt from the ground up, but still, it's fun to look back on the products that didn't make it to the mass market."
I must ask... (Score:5, Funny)
Alternate article title (Score:5, Funny)
"Apple Prototypes: 5 Products Microsoft Never Got To Copy"
I should AC this, but what the hell. What good is karma if you don't spend some now and again? =)
iGirl (Score:5, Funny)
Didn't work. Even Steve Jobs can only do so much.
Incomplete list (Score:5, Funny)
- iZune, the modest mp3 player.
- iPond, the relaxing garden equipment.
- iPple, an actual Californian apple with a fancy name.
- iCar, the fancy, white car with an iPod scroll wheel instead of a regular steering wheel.
- iBus, same as above, just bigger. Intended for hip schools.
- iShmael, the iPod designed for Amish, relies on two horses to power it.
- iLonium 210, the perfect Russian killer (designed during the cold war).
Re:I must ask... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I must ask... (Score:5, Funny)
It never made it to market for fears of chipped teeth being a Mac stereotype.
Re:Wow (Score:5, Funny)
I think Paladins have vows to stop you getting your hands on their thingies. That and the time it takes to get the plate mail off.
Edit? HELL YES. (Score:2, Funny)
Then I started thinking about the iBrator and Ellen Fleiss again and all was well.
Re:Alternate article title (Score:5, Funny)
You're kidding right? You really think you're going to take a karma hit for saying MS copies Apple on slashdot?
What's the weather like on your planet?
Re:I must ask... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Edit? HELL YES. (Score:3, Funny)
I think you're confusing two icons: Heidi Fleiss, Hollywood madam, Ellen Feiss, teenage Mac switcher. The first is a bit skanky these days, the latter is probably legal now.
Re:I know where all the WALTS are (Score:3, Funny)
It wouldn't surprise me, as it was designed for a wizzy lifestyle.
Re:This is why I like Apple (Score:5, Funny)
I can just imagine the commercial... (Score:5, Funny)
"Hi, I'm a PC."
"And (oooo) I'm (mmmm...ahhh!) a Mac.
Re:This is why I like Apple (Score:4, Funny)
As a sheep herder, I take exception to the implication I am not a man.
Re:Amazing (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, as if any users could ever be foolish enough to deliberately download and install malware.
Oh look, this nice-looking program seems to be free...
Ahead of its time.. (Score:5, Funny)
"..the GMS based service was extremely buggy, and moving from service area to service area caused an almost constant loss of signal.
The device was ahead of its time."
Yeah, ahead of its time indeed! It was clearly anticipating the features of the latest 3G phones.
Re:I must ask... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The iBuzz (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I can just imagine the commercial... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Alternate article title (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Swing for the fences (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I can just imagine the commercial... (Score:3, Funny)
Nice. I'll take the one on the right.
Er, I mean my right. Wanted to make that clear.