The Bonhams house in Los Angeles is selling a rare prototype, the VideoPad 2, a sort of successor to the Newton MessagePad equipped with two screens.
The missing Apple VideoPad 2 prototype will be auctioned off in November as part of an auction on the history of science and technology. The VideoPad will be auctioned alongside other Apple prototypes and Steve Jobs memorabilia. Its value is estimated between 8,000 and 12,000 dollars.
Developed between 1993 and 1995 with the VideoPad 1 and 3 (the only two examples shown to the public), this only prototype PDA still alive was Apple’s next attempt after the Newton Message Pad. Unlike the Newton Message Pad, the foldable display apparently included a built-in camera for video conferencing.
Although designed to be ahead of its time, it was shelved with the Newton OS after Jobs returned to the company in 1997. According to Bonhams, this was after Jobs realized that the technology was not. still at the level required for a positive user experience. This VideoPad 2 was rescued from the waters by an Apple employee in 1999.
The device was produced from concept sketches drawn by former CEO John Sculley. The design was never made public, but it was a very early take on a tablet, and if you look closely you can see a resemblance between it and popular devices like the iPhone and the iPad.
Other Apple devices that will be auctioned off include the original Apple II personal computer and prototypes such as the Apple Macintosh, Apple EMate 300 and the first generation iPad, as well as a handwritten letter autographed by Jobs to his childhood best friend, estimated at between $ 200,000 and $ 300,000.
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