An Apple employee checking out the iPad back in 2002!

Fanboys always claim that Apple is basically giving us technology from the future. And if these leaked images are anything to go by, they might not be too far off. The photos show that while the iPad was only officially released in 2010, the tablet was already knocking around Apple HQ as long ago as 2002!

They were tracked down by iOnApple, and seem to show the iPad’s basic shape began to take form in 2002 – much earlier than was originally thought. They are being used in the still ongoing court battle between Samsung and Apple, and were shown at a deposition of chief Apple designer Jonathan Ive in December 2011. They were later released by Apple following a request by Samsung.

[Source: Daily Mail]