If you’ve ever wanted to own a rare piece of Apple history that looks like totally rad then this new eBay listing for a Prototype Apple eMate 300 might be the perfect. The only eMates Apple produced had a solid dark green casing rather than the clear casing you see above. The seller estimates only 6 or so of these clear eMate 300s were produced and it looks quite similar to the first generation iBook that derived a lot of inspiration from the eMate series.
If you got fat stacks of cash that you’re just looking to throw around, you can buy this bad boy on eBay right now for a whopping $8,499.00. Take a peak after the jump for even more pictures of Apple’s crazy touchscreen eMate prototype.
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
7 responses to “You Can Buy This Funky Looking Apple Prototype eMate 300 For Only $8,500!”
Interesting, I happen to find this article now in Feb 2026 doing a Google search about eMate 300’s and I find that this old Prototype eMate 300 of mine was put up for sale in 2012 on eBay. Lol, I purchased it from another kind Apple user and have a set of pictures on Flickr here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sonnyhung/albums/72157594310218080/
If you look carefully you can see that same small label on the back as pictured top right, along with the center bottom sticker and round yellow sticker. The asset tag is the same numbering.