iPhone Prototypes Hit eBay - PC World
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Some of the strangest things can show up on eBay. Take, for example, a seller who claims he has two iPhone prototypes to unload.
According to the seller, the two devices were manufactured about six months before the original iPhone went on sale in June 2007. Only one of the two units works, and is reportedly running an early Alpha or Beta version of the iPhone OS. Neither phone has the name iPhone printed on it, but they do have the Apple logo printed on the back.
The seller claims the working device can make and receive phone calls on a GSM network, access the mobile Web (not the regular Web) and has a working camera. It can also receive text messages, but only send 5 preset messages included on the phone. The unit is unable to sync with iTunes, and the seller did not say how much storage capacity the phone has.
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abc: A Room With a (Very Good) View: Entrepreneurs are at work on space habitat; prototypes already in orbit. http://tinyurl.com/lnjwlzFri, Jun 26th, 2009 12:06 PM EDT· Reply · View Tweet- anibalelcanibal: I am so glad pretty much everything I've read that people have been saying has been nice and wishing him the best. One of God's prototypes.Fri, Jun 26th, 2009 11:52 AM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
adtothebone: @sharpiesusan Prototypes mistakenly shipped to Staples in Bismarck.Fri, Jun 26th, 2009 11:36 AM EDT· Reply · View Tweet
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Older iPhone Prototypes Show up on Ebay
It looks like someone got their mitts on a piece of technology history over at 1 Infinite Loop. Someone is selling some prototype iPhones with a wacky pre-iPhone type of OS on it. One of the iPhones actually even works.(Apple)
SanduuMon, Mar 9th, 2009649 Diggs, 61 CommentsiPhone prototypes on eBay
This is pretty interesting, on eBay a guy has 2 prototype iPhones for sale, one is working and has a plastic screen instead of glass, the prerelease software looks awful too.(Apple)FuntimeFrankieMon, Mar 9th, 20093 Diggs, 0 CommentsiPhone prototypes for sale on eBay!
You thought the iPhone was an icon of design and usability? It took them a while to get there. Check out these two prototype phones for sale on eBay. I think they got Fisher-Price to do the user interface on them!(Apple)
theducksMon, Mar 9th, 20092 Diggs, 0 Comments