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Rumors are flying: an Apple tablet PC coming soon?
CNET UK is reporting that Apple may be working with computer hardware company Asus on a tablet computer.
The source is a person or persons at Asus, who apparently not only spilled the beans about the new platform, but later confirmed that it will be a new, original design, according to CNET.
This definitely seems to go along with Apple’s recent “Touching is good” moves, like what it’s done with the iPhone and iPod Touch’s finger-friendly multi touch-user interfaces.
Apple filed a few patents this year that led to speculation of a revamped touchpad on its laptops that would feature similar functions to what you can do with an iPhone (say, resizing photos or browsing items with finger touches).
Apple’s new OS version, Leopard, with its integrated “Cover Flow” file menus would seem a natural for something like this. It all makes a lot of sense on an Apple evolutionary level.
Now, my big question — would it be silly of me to buy one of Apple’s recently refreshed Macbooks at this point?
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