Rumor: Is Apple tablet in the works?

(Credit: Crave UK)

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.

[factoryjoe]

iPad Touch Concept

Interesting... Dunno if you saw my post, but these mockups might be of some
interest to you:

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touch/

[Debbie Downer]

Apple Newton 2???

with a splash of iTouch/Phone? Could be. Hmmmm...

[skyline6]

pretty cool..

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!!

[Hunter.Peck]

Apple Giotto

I'm showing my age by remembering a Newton era photo of an Apple exec. hugging his Giotto tablet PC prototype. :D hp

[Scott Gardener]

About frigging time!

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.