The Earliest Photos of Apples iPad Hit the Web

1. Original iPad Prototype

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Apple may have debuted the iPad in April 2010, but according to newly surfaced photos, the company started working on a tablet prototype in the early 2000s.

Thanks to released documents from an ongoing patent battle between Apple and Samsung, early pictures of the iPad from as possibly far back as 2002 have hit the web.

First discovered by NetworkWorld.com, the prototype is visibly thicker than the iPad model that launched in 2010 -- likely due to tech advancements made within that holding time. Although a home button also doesn't appear on the tablet, Apple's logo is emblazoned on the back.

In a deposition from December 2011, Jonathan Ive -- senior VP of industrial design at Apple…
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