Continuing their excellent coverage of the “iSlate” saga, MacRumors has found that Apple has used the word “slate” in a prototype for another tablet-like device back in the early 1990’s. The device’s name was “MessageSlate” and was based on Newton technologies. Although the MessageSlate never went into production, Apple had applied for a trademark for […]
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The "Slate" in "iSlate" is an Old Apple Name?

Dec 29th 2009 by
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Continuing their excellent coverage of the “iSlate” saga, MacRumors has found that Apple has used the word “slate” in a prototype for another tablet-like device back in the early 1990’s. The device’s name was “MessageSlate” and was based on Newton technologies.

Although the MessageSlate never went into production, Apple had applied for a trademark for the MessageSlate name in 1993.

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