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smueboy
Jan 28, 2007, 11:23 AM
MyiPhone.com reports on the original iPhone patent:

http://www.myiphone.com/apple-original-patent-on-the-apple-phone-26278.php


http://www.myiphone.com/gallery/files/7/apple-phone-2_original.png



I think i like the latest design a little better. :)


poopyhead
Jan 28, 2007, 11:40 AM
that would have looked good in bondi blue and some opaqe plastic
Rojo
Jan 28, 2007, 11:42 AM
I think i like the latest design a little better. :)

Yeah, but this one's probably more affordable....
Sutekidane
Jan 28, 2007, 12:07 PM
haha, i'd love to talk into a giant apple logo.
holamiamigos
Jan 28, 2007, 12:47 PM
whoa imagine having that apple to carry around
MacCheetah3
Jan 28, 2007, 12:47 PM
Hi
From the comments...
this is the pacman phone (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/VINTAGE-PACMAN-PAC-MAN-TELEPHONE-PHONE-RETRO-RARE_W0QQitemZ120051297018QQihZ002QQcategoryZ985QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting) that looks like the apple phone

All of this is priceless. S-W-E-E-T-! :D
smueboy
Jan 28, 2007, 01:05 PM
MyiPhone.com is down.

Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/the-original-apple-phone-patents-231909.php


The original patent for the 'ornamental phone':
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=32&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PTXT&S1=rivette.INNM.&OS=in/rivette&RS=IN/rivette



I'd like a mini keychain version.
Me1000
Jan 28, 2007, 01:13 PM
I would buy one!

:D
Jasonbot
Jan 28, 2007, 01:15 PM
I once envisioned an eMac/iMac in the shape of a giant apple logo. the keyboard would flick out the bottom half of the logo and the screen would rest in the bite. Airport was availiable via the leaf. This was years ago when I was bored in class. My original drawings have now dissapeared :(
smueboy
Jan 28, 2007, 01:22 PM
I once envisioned an eMac/iMac in the shape of a giant apple logo. the keyboard would flick out the bottom half of the logo and the screen would rest in the bite. Airport was availiable via the leaf. This was years ago when I was bored in class. My original drawings have now dissapeared :(

A green apple-shaped eMac would certainly have been a collectors item. :cool:
wootman
Jan 30, 2007, 06:11 PM
could be awesome for a little blue tooth handset. As a collectors edition or something.
mergemedia
Jan 31, 2007, 06:00 PM
back in 1985, that would have been a lot cooler than the radio-shack brick cell phones which were commonly available.