Prince McLeanThe report, published by the Taipei, Taiwan Apple Daily paper and carried by Dow Jones, cited unnamed sources in reporting that Wintek Corp. would supply flat panel screens for the device and that its battery would be built by Dynapack International Technology Corp.
According to AppleInsider's own sources, Apple's expected new tablet device, with a 10" display and integrated 3G service, is not anticipated to arrive before early 2010.
That suggests that the report related to Hon Hai may instead reflect the upcoming third generation iPod touch, which could easily be described as a "tablet computer" and is expected to arrive in the September iPod refresh as both previous new generations.
However, the paper specifically cites the device in its report as having a 10" screen and 3G data service and describes it as being an enlarged iPod, not just a revamped version of the existing iPod touch. The report indicates the model will hit the market in September or October in order to hit the Christmas holiday season, but notes that reports in the 'foreign media' are not expecting it to arrive until the first quarter of next year.
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Oh the rumors. OH the excitment!
Oh the rumors. OH the excitment!
Apple schedules a conference hall for September 25, 2009.
*The meeting starts*
"Announcing your insanely great CEO, Steve Jobs!"
Steve Jobs walks on stage.
"Hello."
*crowd cheers*
"Snow Leopard is the next great thing. And it goes on sale, today."
WOOOOOOOOO
"One more thing."
*cheers*
"We have been looking at the iPhone, and we've been looking at the MacBook, and we've been wondering, 'People are taking these two portable devices with them everywhere. Is there some way we can put them together?' So we thought about it, and this is what we came up with. It's called the Apple MacBook Wave."
*cheers*
"It comes pre-loaded with Snow Leopard, and built-in GPS and 4G cellular capabilities. And it's going on sale today, for just $799. The most inexpensive MacBook ever."
BOOM
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO
Type iTablet into the Google box and there are already almost 600,000 pages.
This is for a product that hasn't been announced yet.
What's the estimate for the number of pages a week from now? A month from now?
How about the day it's announced? Released? A week later?
Apple schedules a conference hall for September 25, 2009.
*The meeting starts*
"Announcing your insanely great CEO, Steve Jobs!"
Steve Jobs walks on stage.
"Hello."
*crowd cheers*
"Snow Leopard is the next great thing. And it goes on sale, today."
WOOOOOOOOO
"One more thing."
*cheers*
"We have been looking at the iPhone, and we've been looking at the MacBook, and we've been wondering, 'People are taking these two portable devices with them everywhere. Is there some way we can put them together?' So we thought about it, and this is what we came up with. It's called the Apple MacBook Wave."
*cheers*
"It comes pre-loaded with Snow Leopard, and built-in GPS and 4G cellular capabilities. And it's going on sale today, for just $799. The most inexpensive MacBook ever."
BOOM
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOO
That sounds almost textbook, great job haha
That level and anticipation and speculation is almost too much.
Almost.