And here we go again... Apple Tablet rumors starting back up :).

J-blk

Seriously though, this is getting to Bigfoot, Nessie, aliens, etc status at this stage:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/apple-tablet-rumors-strike-back-9-6-inch-with-hsdpa-coming-feb/

Now that all that iPod mess is over and done with, looks like it's as good of time as any to return to the world of Apple tablet rumors. A report from Taiwan Economic News starts us off right, with "industry sources" telling the outlet it'll have a 9.6-inch multitouch screen, built-in HSDPA (so much for Verizon), a P. A. Semi processor, a "long lasting battery pack," and a $799 to $999 price tag. Most to all of that sounds fairly familiar, but coming along with it is a new timeline: shipments will reportedly be delivered to Apple this December in preparation for a launch in February 2010. As for component providers, Taiwanese company DynaPack will reportedly be the exclusive supplier of battery packs, as much as 300,000 per month, while iPhone screen-maker Wintek will be doing the display duties here, too. The author in question here does appear to have some manufacturing sources -- it looks like he was right about the Acer Timeline -- but at this point, we're not ready to believe anything without some photographic evidence of Steve Jobs personally adding the magical unicorn tears.

Watch the rumors shift to not likely to happen right about February 1st... (though I still so want it to be true ).

silvine

Well touch is built into Snow Leopard.

J-blk

silvine wrote: »

Well touch is built into Snow Leopard.

Um yeah, I know :

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055669133

That's not solid proof of anything though, we've been hearing about this in one form or another for years - so we'll have to wait and see... again...

projectmayhem

I imagine Apple are toying with the idea alright but there were more believable rumours that Steve Jobs wasn't happy with any of the designs they had made. I imagine they're consistently playing with the idea, with new designs etc.

I do want to see what it's like and if it changes the game in the same way the iPhone did... I do also want to see it sooner rather then later... but I get the feeling February is still too soon for such a big deal.

J-blk

projectmayhem wrote: »

but I get the feeling February is still too soon for such a big deal.

I agree - and who buys new gadgets in February anyway? A big release like this seems like it should happen either around the "back to school" or holiday time frame really...

Mikey23

I'd three Apple enthusiasts swear to me that October will bring yet another Apple event/announcement on their Macbook range, and possibly the iTablet. Doesn't sound right to me, given that it's only round about last June when new Macbooks came on the market. A revised iMac seems far more plausible.