Roger Fidler's 1994 tablet shows up in Apple court case

Source Electricpig on August 23, 2012 0 Comments
Roger Fidler, ipad, tablet, RJI, Reynolds Journalism Institute
"Is this the first true iPad? 1994 tablet shows up in Apple court case," Electric Pig, August 23, 2012.

The court case between Apple and Samsung is in its final throws now, but that doesn’t mean that things are cooling down any. The latest twist? A tablet design from 1994 that could upend the whole case. Is this the real first iPad?

The picture above is of the Fidler Tablet – a never-produced idea for a tablet designed by Roger Fidler during his time in the Information Design Lab at publisher Knight Ridder.

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