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Unidentified Apple 'Mobile Computing' Device in Best Buy Inventory?

Monday May 25, 2009 4:08 am PDT by Arnold Kim

This screenshot from Best Buy's inventory system was submitted to us. It shows an unreleased Apple product in the category of "Mobile Computing" within Best Buy's inventory system. The 'In Stock' date for the item is May 31st.

Best Buy inventory screens always seem to generate a lot of interest, but we've been told in the past that these entries are made without official knowledge from Apple. As a result, there is likely no particular significance to the findings.
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JDee
36 months ago
A lot of news for the iPhone in the past few minutes!!

Seems interesting - could it be the tablet we're talking about?

Does anyone mind checking out those dimensions and seeing what they're about?

At the top in the model (MC240LL/A) - does MC mean mobile computer?

I think you should remove the bottom bit of the image - time, date and others so the person who snapped this doesn't get caught out... just for his / her protection!

And it's a rev. a product!

The iPhone's serial starts with K26 - not MC
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MeWhOeLsE
36 months ago
Couldn't it be the new iphone? Suppose that could be put under "mobile computing"
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svndmvn
36 months ago
the dimensions don't make any sense to me, it's bigger and weighs more than a 17" MBP if I'm not mistaking..
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Saladinos
36 months ago
Nope, those model numbers are IDs Apple gives to their products.

Also, check this out:
Original iPhone: MA...LL/A
iPhone 3G: MB...LL/A
This product: MC...LL/A

Maybe it's a coincidence.

iPhone 3G Model Numbers: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937?locale=en_GB
Note US products end in LL
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JDee
36 months ago

Nope, those model numbers are IDs Apple gives to their products.

Also, check this out:
Original iPhone: MA...LL/A
iPhone 3G: MB...LL/A
This product: MC...LL/A

Maybe it's a coincidence.

iPhone 3G Model Numbers: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937?locale=en_GB
Note US products end in LL


Yeah - nice catch.

I was going to say - the weight of the item is 89000 LB, right?
If there is power cabs and a sim card or whatever else, it would weight to be at least a little more?

I am guessing this is the new iPhone. Maybe if the user that posted this could sneak on to the system again and tell us what the dimensions for the iPhone showed up as? :D
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Santa Rosa
36 months ago
Product Dimensions: The box and the item are the same dimensions so that means one of two things.

a) This is just a speculative product placeholder that contains no actual information - highly highly likely

b) Apple have innovated so much that they have created a product that is also its own packaging so it doesn't need a box - highly highly unlikely
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bruinsrme
36 months ago

the dimensions don't make any sense to me, it's bigger and weighs more than a 17" MBP if I'm not mistaking..


it is the size of the box not the item itself
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JDee
36 months ago
Maybe it's like a vacuum cleaner where the actual power lead slides in and out of the actual product :)
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svndmvn
36 months ago

it is the size of the box not the item itself


looks to me like the Box is on the left and the item's on the right..
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Garafraxa
36 months ago
I, for one, welcome our 8.9lbs MacTablet overlords.
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