Rumor: Is Apple tablet in the works?

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Our continental brethren at Crave UK have heard from a source at Asus that Apple's plans to build a tablet computer are definitely under way. Yes, the rumor has been around for years, but Asus is one of Apple's contract manufacturers, and we all know that it's all about the touch screen these days down in Cupertino.

According to the source, the tablet will supposedly be based on an entirely new blueprint, though no specs or other details are known. And it's always possible that a prototype is being made without any definite plans for production. Until we know more, Apple fanboys everywhere can only hope.

Read the full Crave UK item here.

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iPad Touch Concept
by factoryjoe November 6, 2007 11:49 AM PST: Interesting... Dunno if you saw my post, but these mockups might be of some
interest to you:

http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2007/11/05/apple-tablet-concept-the-ipad-
touch/; Reply to this comment

Apple Newton 2???
by Debbie Downer November 6, 2007 3:36 PM PST: with a splash of iTouch/Phone? Could be. Hmmmm...; Reply to this comment

pretty cool..
by skyline6 November 7, 2007 10:21 AM PST: kinda reminds me of that one HP that you can flip and have it as a notebook that you can write on with a stylus...
or the concept computer table that microsoft is making...
nothing new... and this better not get "invention of the year award" like th iPhone., because this is not a new invention!!; Reply to this comment

Apple Giotto
by Hunter.Peck November 7, 2007 5:36 PM PST: I'm showing my age by remembering a Newton era photo of an Apple exec. hugging his Giotto tablet PC prototype. hp; Reply to this comment

About frigging time!
by Scott Gardener November 12, 2007 4:22 PM PST: Maybe now people will finally take seriously tablet PCs as an artist's medium rather than just a business tool. Most graphic artists, my sister included, are die-hard Mac people.; Reply to this comment

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