Technabob » esslinger http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:15:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Original iPhone and Other Lost Apple Designs http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/17/the-original-iphone-and-other-lost-apple-designs/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/17/the-original-iphone-and-other-lost-apple-designs/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:35:02 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/17/the-original-iphone-and-other-lost-apple-designs/ Back in the early 1980′s, industrial designer Hartmut Esslinger of frog design fame was cranking out machines for a young little tech company called Apple Computer. As a matter of fact, he was the man behind design of the wildly popular Apple IIc personal computer.

Now, Esslinger’s son, Marc, has put together a never before seen gallery of designs that Apple never released.

original apple iphone

My personal favorite has gotta be the Phone Mac, complete with a touch-sensitive screen. Maybe that’s where they got the idea for the iPhone (although I thought this was.) The caption from the gallery even says that it was a collaboration with AT&T if you can believe it!

orig macintosh concept

In addition to the Phone Mac, the gallery features a variety of interesting machines, including some wild early Macintosh and portable computer prototypes. There’s even a 1984 design for a wireless wrist communicator which wasn’t far off from predicting today’s technological marvels.

original apple laptop

Be sure to hop on over to Fudder to check out the entire collection. You won’t be disappointed.

[via Ministry of Tech]

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