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Below is a list of unreleased Apple products. These include projects that were announced or in development, but were cancelled before release or have not been shipped.
Unreleased hardware
AirPower promotional image
The following include working prototypes that passed beyond the initial design stage:
- AirPower — A wireless charging mat that was designed to simultaneously charge up to three Qi-compatible devices, such as Apple Watches, AirPods, or recent iPhone models. It was cancelled in 2019 due to engineering issues and replaced by the MagSafe Duo Charger.[1]
- Apple Interactive Television Box — A set top box (STB) that entered market testing in 1994, but was never released.[2]
MessageSlate prototype
- MessageSlate — A large tablet computer running Newton OS that was cancelled in 1993 in favor of the smaller MessagePad.[3]
- Paladin — An unreleased all-in-one computer prototype that contained a fax machine, scanner, and phone.[4]
- PenLite — A early tablet based on the PowerBook Duo chassis that was prototyped in 1993, but cancelled due to potential market competition with the Newton.[4]
- PowerBop — A modified prototype of a PowerBook 180 with built-in wireless internet access. Cancelled due to buggy GSM service with frequent loss of signal.[4]
- Power Macintosh 9700 — A larger 6-slot version of the Power Macintosh G3.[5]
- Wizzy Active Lifestyle Telephone (WALT) — Developed jointly with BellSouth from 1991 to 1993 with a stylus and the unique ability to digitally send and receive fax content. The project was superseded by the Newton.[6]
Unreleased software
The find feature from Copland
- Copland — An effort by Apple Computer to create an updated version of their classic Mac OS operating system. Begun in earnest in 1994, it was abandoned by August 1996. Mac OS 8 shipped in its place in July 1997.[7]
- Gershwin — Planned successor to Copland that was to introduce modern memory management, but was also cancelled. Mac OS X shipped in its place in March 2001.[8]
- MacBASIC — Acquired from Apple Computer by Microsoft for $1, only to be shelved.[9]
- Project Star Trek — An early port of System 7.1 that supported Intel processors in 1992, but was abandoned.[10]
- System 6.0.6 — Pulled shortly before its planned release in October 1990 due to an AppleTalk bug.[11]
- Mac OS 9.0.1 — An unreleased version of Mac OS 9 that had been in development under the codename Minuet.[12]
References
- ↑ Panzarino, Matthew (2019-03-29). Apple cancels AirPower product, citing inability to meet its high standards for hardware (en-US). TechCrunch.
- ↑ 1995 Apple Interactive Television Box by Kevin Rye, Apple to the Core. 2012-04-12.
- ↑ The Story Behind Apple’s Newton by Tom Hormby, Low End Mac. 2013-08-06.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Michael (November 27, 2006). Apple Prototypes: 5 Products We Never Saw. AppleGazette. Splashpress Media. Retrieved on November 28, 2006.
- ↑ The Proto Preserve: Prototype PowerMacintosh/Express 9700 (PEX) by Hap Plain, A Little Byte Different. Accessed 2020-04-25.
- ↑ The Top 15 Vaporware Products of All Time by Emru Townsend, PCWorld. 2008-05-04.
- ↑ Copland was a failure by David K. Every, MacKiDo. 1999.
- ↑ "The Long and Winding Road", MacWorld, August 31, 2000.
- ↑ MacBasic by Andy Hertzfeld, Folklore. 1985-06.
- ↑ On Apple’s Star Trek Project, 512 Pixels. 2012-12-11.
- ↑ MacBulletin: Apple Pulls System 6.0.6, Macworld p.17. 1990-12.
- ↑ Minuet (Mac OS 9.0.1) Surfaces Internally, AppleInsider. 1999-11-28.
See also
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