A mythical first-generation iPad surfaced on eBay this past week confirming rumors that the device may have originally intended to have two dock connectors, according to MacRumors.
"This is one of a VERY small amount of apple prototype devices and you rarely see these on eBay," the listing says. "This iPad has 16GBs of capacity, and is incredibly unique. For starters, it has 2 dock connectors."
When the iPad was first introduced in 2010, it came with one dock connector in portrait, or vertical, mode. But rumors floated that the device would have another dock connector in landscape, or horizontal, mode. Early patent designs also showed the iPad with dual connectors -- these designs were credited to, among others, former CEO Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive, Apple's industrial design chief.
Later in 2010, prototype photos were leaked that showed the two dock connectors. Now, this eBay listing shows similar photos in which the original 16GB iPad appears with two holes for either charging or connecting the device to a computer.
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