12 Apple products probably were unaware
Here is the list of the 12 Apple products that went unnoticed in the history of the company.
Apple Oh! That company that has best selling brand in history. In recent years, the Recuperation have shaped one on one most gadgets we use today. Its design lines have not only influenced electronic devices have come to inspire furniture, vehicles, fragrances and even to the last iteration of the army of the universe Star Wars stormtrooper has been affected.
We may say without fear of reprisal, Apple has been one of the brands that have led the design in recent years.
Do you know these Apple products?
He has led the design finger swipe. But like any big company, Apple also makes mistakes, or trials, or in other words, products that did not have the impact expected, but that at no time have come to detract from the shiny apple. Here are some of them:
Cassette tapes (1978)
Before the disks were to become the standard of the time, the first Apple computers were running games making use of cassette tapes. Thus came as curious games as "Lemonade Stand" for the classic desktop in the company.
Apple printer (1979-1988)
In those times when having a PC is becoming commonplace, almost all manufacturers rode their own printers. Apple baptized his as Silentype in 1979, a thermal printer for $ 599 time (about $ 2,000 today). But the plan of Apple printers is quite small, since its latest model, the LaserWriter 1985, went on to sell for more than $ 10,000 today, we suppose in some way affect the continuation of that range of products.
The word processor MacWrite (1984-1994)
At the time when Microsoft reigned in land productivity, Apple launched MacWrite, one of the first editors WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) so far. Which he had a huge impact in a world dominated by lines of command DOS and BASIC environments. MacWrite evolve to MacWrite Pro, AppleWorks and now Pages.
The fashion collection Apple (1986)
And this has to come back. The Apple Collection was the attempt by the company to sell clothes. Far from the minimalist style of the iconic turtleneck Steve Jobs, the Apple collection of clothing was up the most purely eighties style we can remember. Wide sweatshirts, turtlenecks and properly dressed shorts once lovers around the block, with the range of colors that once boasted Apple.
Apple Scanner (1988-1997)
Continuing with fashion to create own peripherals for Macintosh, Apple also introduced back in 1988 A4 scanner with 300dpi resolution. This model was replaced by Apple OneScanner, however, he never got enough fee to continue the range and Apple stopped production back in 1997.
Apple Newton (1993-1998)
More than one certainly sounds the predecessor of the current iOS. Newton was an operating system designed for the tablet Apple MessagePad. The gadget in question common applications offered as a notepad, calendar and calculator. In addition, the MessagePad and came with its own stylus and a system of handwriting recognition. No one could read us now from an iPhone or iPad have not tried the Apple MessagePad in the nineties.
Apple PowerCD (1993-1996)
Designed by Philippe and marking (literally) by Apple, this device, dating from the early nineties, could both read data on CDs by connecting to a Mac, such as playing music CDs connected to speakers.
Apple QuickTake (1994-1997)
Yes, Apple in the nineties gave everything and this camera witnessed it. The QuickTake was one of the first consumer digital cameras, and was the result of three-way effort between Apple, Kodak and Fujifilm. With a resolution of 0.3Mpx and a storage capacity of 1MB, it was available to any early adopter by the figure of $ 749.
Apple Pippin (1995-1997)
Not Photoshop, is the game console Apple (more or less). The Apple Pippin was a media center based on Macintosh OS, originally thought to be an open standard (yes, open). The company even got to work with Bandai to bring games to a device sold about 40,000 units before the eradication of this branch of business.
Apple eMac (2002-2006)
Originally designed to integrate them into educational settings finally ended up being a cheap version of the iMac. The first version came with 128MB of RAM, 40GB of storage and ultimate version of the Apple operating system at the time, Mac OS X Puma.
iPod HiFi (2006-2007)
This was Apple's attempt to create an amplified sound system for your iPod fruitful. Originally offered for $ 349, it was quickly shot down by competition with better products because of the scare and the music industry was with the original iPod.
EarPods gold plated (2013)
With a view to supporting charitable projects led by Bono, leader of U2, Jony Ive and Marc Newson designed a limited edition of EarPods headphones, bathing in 18 karat gold. Its price? $ 461,000, little money if we consider the purpose for which they are intended.
This list, in addition to remember old time or a laugh, to remember that even the biggest fall over and over again helps us. However, the important thing is to learn from mistakes and never give up in a world in which, thanks to Steve Jobs knew what he needed at all times.
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