1AirPower
AirPower is perhaps the biggest announced Apple product that never reached store shelves.
Although AirPower failed to enter the market, you could still buy three-in-one wireless chargers for these devices onAmazon.
Compared to the early iPads, the PenLite had chunky bezels around its screen.
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The screen size was nine inches, but it would have been grayscale, unlike the iPad.
Wiredgathered some images of what the tablet would have looked like.
Apple began testing the AITB in the 1990s and experimented with both the European and US markets.
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The project was disbanded despite rolling out to selected households in the US and Europe in 1994 and 1995.
The Jonathan computer is one of those, andStories of Applecovered it in detail.
Apple decided not to move forward with the project for several reasons, with profitability being a big factor.
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7Copland
Copland was perhaps Apple’s most famous never-released software project.
The company started working on the concept after it had scaling issues with Mac OS at the time.
Gershwin would have eventually replaced Copland had things gone according to plan.
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Copland was also supposed to be the gateway for unique new features like multitasking.
Besides scaling, Apple also had trouble competing with Microsoft’s Windows at the time.
8Apple Paladin
Apple experimented with all-in-one devices well before it introduced the original iMac in 1998.
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Apple Paladin was one of these, and the prototype was mainly aimed at businesses rather than consumers.
Paladin featured a computer and fax machine as part of the same rig, in addition to a telephone.
Despite its promise, the Paladin never officially made it to the market.
We imagine fitting three systems into one posed a significant challenge for Apple.
