If you would be thinking that the iPad is a new product released by Apple, this is the proof that the company was already thinking of such devices for a long time, and its shape and size is not far away from what we know today.
According to Jonathan Ive, this prototype is 10 years old, and was based on the typical Apple design at that time: white polycarbonate. this is the proof that Apple has been working for years on the iPad, and has finally released the product when the user experience offered by the technologies was finally in balance. This is also what happened for the iPhone.
