Concept Sunday: Imagining the Apple iPad back in 2004

Apple iPad concept from 2004

Concept devices are a lot of fun (that’s why we have our Concept Sunday feature every week after all). They’re a glimpse into what we think or want our future to be like. Some are oddly prescient and some are just a little too out there but they capture our vision for the future at a moment in time. Imagining what the future will bring is not new either. Science-fiction tales have long predicted technology advances and many of those are now things that we use. Others, such as flying cars and interplanetary travel, are still a ways off though. Looking back at those predictions can also be interesting. In that vein, we bring you a concept from 2004 for a device called the Apple iPad.

Originally posted on the MacRumor forums, we get an image of what appears to be a smaller tablet along with a few specifications. This iPad was powered by OS X 2go and sported a touchscreen with a resolution of 312 by 378 pixels, a trackpad, an iFlashCard slot, and Airport connectivity. It weighed in at 0.7 pounds and was only 1-inch thick. It offered 8 hours of battery life.

Obviously, the real Apple iPad that first launched in 2010 bears little resemblance to this device but whoever created this concept presciently got the name right.


Sources : MacRumors // The Next Web