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Apple touchscreen netbook due in Q3?

by Scott Bicheno on 12 March 2009, 07:00

Tags: Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)

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Sullied though we feel by joining the Apple rumour-mill, there seems to be enough momentum to this latest one for us to at least bring it to your attention.

At the start of the week some of the usual suspects were reporting Taiwanese manufacturer Wintek was supplying Apple with ten inch touchscreens, which would be delivered in Q3 of this year. By yesterday, Reuters and Dow Jones seemed to have their own sources within Wintek who corroborated the rumour.

But that's about it for now folks. What Apple's going to do with these touchscreens or even how many of them have been ordered remains a mystery.

It's unlikely Apple's corporate ego would allow it to make just another netbook, so we must assume that if it is going to make a ten inch touchscreen device it's more likely to be an iPhone on steroids than a regular netbook.

What will be interesting is what processor it might have. Will Apple stick with Intel or will it find ARM's new offerings too tempting? Do we even care? OMG! Now we're doing it. We dropped our guard for one second and now we're doomed to a lifetime of futile speculation about what the next shiny thing to come out of Apple might be. Not.

 



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Yeah it really pisses me off how secretive apple are about their developments. For people who dont do their homework itts extra frustrating. Example: i know people who have bought macbooks like a week before a new line has come out and they have been none the wiser till they boast aboout it too me.

I love using my macbook i think its brilliant but i really wish they dropped the whole snooty act and get on with it, it cant last forever.
On the plus side, if apple are getting ready to release a 10" touchscreen netbook that means a number of other companies are likely to have one out at about the same time, which does exactly the same thing, but doesn't cost the earth just because it's got an apple logo on it…