Neowin News Feed for: Prototype

Glimpse at: Signature Plastics eSports Keycaps

Paul Ferson — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:32:17 +0100

Neowin takes a look at a set of pre-production eSports keycaps claiming to improve gaming on Cherry MX keyboards, and mulls over the question "will you become a better gamer with them or not?" Read more...

Surface prototypes revealed in extensive detail

Brad Sams — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:13:45 +0000

New images of the prototypes that were used to design and test the Surface tables before they hit market have been revealed in extensive detail and show how the products came to market. Read more...

Early iPhone prototype surfaces, has a face only a mother could love

Brad Sams — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:50:11 +0000

An early prototype of Apple's iPhone has surfaced and it looks dramatically different than the shipping product as it has several USB ports, Ethernet, and even a serial port. Read more...

iPhone 5 smuggled out of plant booting next to 4S [Update]

Steven Parker — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:45:30 +0100

A friend of a friend who works at a Foxconn plant in China got to play with an iPhone 5 (prototype) and has made few images of it, as well as a video of it booting, confirming what we already knew. Read more...

Eyes on with the iPhone 5 (sort of)

Steven Parker — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:24:47 +0100

It looks like the streets of Bangkok might be your best bet at getting your hands on the next gen iPhone before Apple even unveils the device. Make the jump to see a gallery of the device. Read more...

Legend of Zelda prototype on eBay for $150,000

Rob Schorman — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 08:38:59 +0100

If you want to own a piece of video game history, this could be your chance because a prototype version of Legend of Zelda for the Nintendo Entertainment System is up for sale on eBay for $150,000. Read more...

This is an iPad prototype from 2002

Tyler Holman — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 20:12:34 +0100

As part of their legal filings in their battle with Samsung, Apple has released several shots of an early white polycarbonate iPad prototype from around 2002, running on an Intel Pentium M processor! Read more...

Prototype developer Radical hit with massive layoffs

John Callaham — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:44:28 +0100

Activision has confirmed it has ordered "significant" layoffs at Radical Entertainment, the developer behind the Prototype open world action games. Prototype 2 has yet to be released for the PC. Read more...

Sony Ericsson Windows Phone now available ...on eBay

Andy Weir — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:00:28 +0000

While we're unlikely to see new Windows Phones being launched by Sony anytime soon, an early Sony Ericsson prototype handset running Microsoft's mobile OS is now available to purchase on eBay. Read more...

Microsoft shows off clear prototype Arc Touch Mouse

John Callaham — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 10:34:56 +0000

Microsoft has posted up pictures of a never before seen prototype of their Arc Touch Mouse, showing a clear plastic design where you can see the electronics inside. Read more...

Razer reports two Razer Blade prototypes stolen from R&D lab

John Callaham — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:27:11 +0000

PC game accessory maker Razer has announced publicly that two prototype models of its Razer Blade notebook PC device have been stolen from one of the company's R&D labs. Read more...

Apple employee loses another iPhone prototype in a bar

Andrew Lyle — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 22:03:42 +0100

An Apple employee has lost an iPhone prototype in a bar, again. The unreleased and unannounced device was lost back in July. Read more...

Prototype MacBook Pro with built in 3G shows up on eBay

John Callaham — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:47:07 +0100

Apple hasn't released a MacBook with built in 3G wireless features but someone on eBay is selling a 2007 prototype MacBook Pro with such a feature. Read more...

Prototype iPhone 4 skyrockets to $999,999 on eBay [Update]

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:38:19 +0100

An iPhone 4 prototype has climbed to a massive $999,999 on eBay in the space of two days as rich buyers (perhaps companies? Apple? fake bids?) attempt to outbid each other to gain access to... Read more...

64GB iPhone 4 prototype leaked

Piers Hausjell — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 07:11:42 +0000

A gadget blog is claiming to have obtained and tested a 64GB iPhone 4 engineering prototype direct from the Foxconn factory. "The owner of this engineered prototype told us that he got it from a... Read more...

Steve Jobs comments on Flash, Google, Microsoft and lost iPhone at D8

Tom Warren — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 08:01:54 +0100

Steve Jobs spoke at the annual All Things Digital conference last night, where he was questioned about the lost iPhone prototype and the lack of Flash on the iPhone and iPad. Jobs explained the facts of... Read more...

Silicon Valley police investigating recent iPhone prototype incident

Sam Symons — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:00:08 +0100

The incident regarding Gizmodo and an apparently "lost" iPhone prototype recently was very interesting, and not just because it was the first major leak to come out of Apple in a rather long time. A... Read more...

New Microsoft Courier tablet pictures and video leak

Andrew Fairbairn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:26:01 +0000

Remember Microsoft's new tablet concept that was revealed last September? Well, the book-like Courier device - or "digital journal" as it has now been labelled - may be on the shelves as early as the... Read more...

Microsoft testing prototype of Facebook-like social network

Steven Parker — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 12:56:26 +0100

At the request of its SharePoint and Office product development teams, Microsoft 's Office Labs operation has created and is testing a prototype of an internal social network that can provide employees with feeds and... Read more...

Google Phone prototype to be unveiled in Barcelona

Fred Derf — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:10:07 +0000

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British chip designer ARM will demo an Android-based prototype mobile phone at the Mobile World Congress wireless show in Barcelona next Monday. Google's open-source Android software platform will be used by T-Mobile and HTC when... Read more...