Well, things went quiet on the iPad Apple Tablet for a bit but now it’s back and it seems to be backed up by fairly reliable peoples and it all seems scarily plausable.
China Times has added the heat with a claim of a 9.7-inch touchscreen netbook to debut as soon as October for around $800.
CT also claims that Wintek, and Dynapack have all received orders direct from Apple while Foxconn (not Quanta) will be the main manufacturer.
Now – the guesswork is whether this will be actually a regular netbook, a convertible like the T91, or a 9.7-inch slate like a giant iPod touch as hinted by the Wall Steet Journal.
In fact, the Chinese-language report translated into English refers to it as “Apple’s netbook (or a “tablet” as many call it)” which is the main source of confusion.
There are people poo-pooing this and believe that Apple would no way follow the industry trends.
But I’d like to point out that Sony said that netbooks are a race to the bottom – then released the Vaio W.
So – will Apple feel too left out of this market sector and bounce one of these out with their own Appley spin on it?
I got this low-down thanks to MacRumors and Gizmodo
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