Posit: We know they have some sort of prototype units, they've showed them off to Yahoo and others, even if the only one that actually seems to 'work' is the one Bob personally demos in the Apple wireless keyboard
Posit: there is nothing in those photos that would indicate production of thousands of these things
Posit: there is no information as to where in the world the photos were taken, just a date.
So, the photos are real, taken on the dates indicated in the EXIF data. However, they are just photos of the same block of prototypes they've had sitting around since they made the ones they've showed around. Nothing new, nothing advanced towards production since 6 or 9 or more months ago. More like a "quick, let's set up a photo before they come after us with pitchforks and torches."
I didn't even see the shims under the clamps at first.
Sort of reinforces my theory of a hastily arranged photo shoot to placate the masses - it was too wobbly and they didn't know/couldn't be bothered with properly adjusting the clamps, just quick slide something under there to stabilize it for the picture.