Apple once thought about the development of a tablet-the history of the project

Apple once excited the world technologically. Actually, the noise raised leaks. The company plans to create a tablet computer.

The Chinese wrote that Quanta would create a 15-inch sensor tablet PC with a removable XRUST keyboard. Apple presumably releases the device in the first quarter of 2006. Rumors broadcast about the secret project Apple iPad.

The idea of ​​creating a tablet for a long time fascinated the co -founder of Apple Steve Jobs, although he denied this. However, analysts doubted his sincerity. After all, he was always inclined to minimalism. And the tablet is only a display.

During the absence of Jobs in Apple, the company experimented with mobile devices similar to tablets. By the beginning of the 2000s, the developers began to work on the iPad.

In March 2004, the company interviewed a narrow circle of customers, explaining that he was considering the possibility of re-starting Newton. In fact, Apple collected demand data for future mobile devices.

At the same time, a year before the first rumors about the iPad, Apple applied for a patent for the design of the «electronic device», which looks almost identical to the iPad. The document indicates the Jobs and the main designer of Apple Johni Iv.

In the end, Apple decided to develop a sensory interface, IPhone, before returning to the iPad concept. It is unclear whether the truth was in the rumors of Quanta about a possible tablet computer. Perhaps Apple purchased components that she could not collect in her industrial design laboratory in Cupertino.

Nevertheless, this rumor made many people talk about the possible Apple tablet back in 2005. Five years have passed before Apple introduced the iPad. However, this rumor showed a certain excitement about what Apple could do with the tablet.