Apple Working on a Tablet Mac?
Crave revives a long-running rumor that Apple may be working on a
Tablet Mac.
The latest claim comes from “friends at Asus” who told Crave that “Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC.” Further information from their source indicated that it will not be based on existing Asus designs and will come from a completely new blueprint.
While Apple Tablet rumors have been running for years, the possibility of it seems more likely now than ever with all of Apple’s research into touch-based interfaces. The last rumor of an actual “Tablet Mac” came from Smarthouse.com.au in late 2006 in which Apple was said to be working on an Intel-based Tablet Mac with docking station and HDMI output. More recently, however, Appleinsider described a project inside Apple that was described as a PDA but would carry a form factor about “1.5 times the size of the current iPhone” which we could see as early as January at Macworld San Francisco 2008.
Rumors of a Tablet Mac hit an all time high in 2003 when multiple sources pointed to the existence of a Tablet device from Apple, but for whatever reason was never released.
Just from the pictures I have to say, “Me want very much!” and I hope that this rumor turns out to be true. Apple leads the mobile computer market with the Macbook and the iPhone, this tablet might not only make sure that apple continues that dominance, but create a whole new area of the industry that apple can dominate.
Story from: Macrumors
Picture from: Crave
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