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Apple Tablet Rumors Point to March/April Launch Date, 10.1″ Screen

Checks within Apple’s supply chain have led to a new round of tablet-related rumors from Yair Reiner, an analyst with Oppenheimer, who believes the device will launch in March or April of 2010 with a 10.1″ LCD screen. Per AppleInsider, Reiner also said that Apple has been reaching out to book publishers with a “very […]

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Rumor: Apple Employees Apparently Ramping Up Overseas Trips for Tablet Project

Apple employees havee reportedly taking numerous trips to manufacturing plants in China, including some scheduled during the upcoming holiday season, as the company’s long-rumored tablet comes closer to reality. Citing an anonymous source, the Business Insider has stated that Apple engineers have been taking numerous trips between the U.S. and Asia recently to visit manufacturing […]

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Patents

Recently Published Apple Patent Reveals Possible Tablet Interface

Via a recently published patent application, Apple has again disclosed plans for a multi-touch surface that could accommodate two full hands and distinguish between palms and individual fingers for typing, gestures and more. According to AppleInsider, the application, filed by Morrison and Foerster LLP in Los Angeles in June 2009 on behalf of Apple, expands […]

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Rumor: Apple Contacted Media Outfits Regarding Tablet Device

Per Gizmodo, Apple recently approached a number of newspapers, magazines and other print media describing putting their products for sale on iTunes via a new piece of hardware. The report cited people familiar with The New York Times, publishers McGraw Hill and Oberlin Press, and a trip that “several executives from one of the largest […]

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Analyst Sees Strong Signs of Apple Moving Towards $500-$700 Tablet

With Apple execs having openly slammed the idea of creating a conventional netbook, Piper Jaffray analysts stated today that mounting evidence exists that Apple will introduce its own take on the netbook in 2010 via a tablet device that will sell for US$700 or less. “Between indications from our component contacts in Asia, recent patents […]