Rare Glimpse at Dozens of iPhone and iPad Prototype Designs

iPods, iPads, and iPhones follow a minimalist and related design concept… but what would the line-up be like if there wasn’t such a lot of control (freakery) around the designers’ creativity?

As part of the continuing (insane) lawsuits between Apple and others, some older designs have come to light giving a glimpse into the conceptual evolution of the final iThing designs

The full gallery [allthingsd.com] includes designs where you can see the reason for rejection, mixed in with quite nice looking designs just waiting to be ripped off (I mean taken as a source of inspiration) by Chinese factories!