Published on 05/11/2005
Click to enlarge Via macobserverLast year, Apple filed a patent for a device that appeared to be a tablet PC. The patent (D504,899) has been granted yesterday : May 10th 2005.
There are several illustrations among which one shows clearly how users will hold the device: much like a Tablet PC.
"FIG. 9 is an exemplary diagram of the use of the electronic device thereof; [the] broken lines being shown [are] for illustrative [purposes] only, and form no part of the claimed design"