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Apple Building 'Netbook' -- Is This The 'iPod Touch HD'?
Apple Building 'Netbook' -- Is This The 'iPod Touch HD'?
More support that Apple is working on what we've been calling the "iPod touch HD" -- a touchscreen, portable Internet device that's bigger than the iPhone: "Taiwan-based Wintek will supply touch panels for Apple's new netbook, and shipments will start in the third quarter this year," DigiTimes ...
Wintek to supply touch panels for Apple netbook, says paper
Wintek to supply touch panels for Apple netbook, says paper
digitimes.com — Taiwan-based Wintek will supply touch panels for Apple's new netbook, and shipments will start in the third quarter this year, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. <div></br><a ... (more) Wintek to supply touch panels for Apple netbook, says paper
Apple Plans To Launch Netbook With Touch Screen - Sources
money.cnn.com — TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Apple Inc. (AAPL) is planning to launch a netbook computer with a touch screen monitor as early as the second half of this year, two people close to the situation told Dow Jones Newswires Tuesday. The mini laptop computers will ... (more) Apple Plans To Launch Netbook With Touch Screen - Sources
UPDATE:Apple Plans To Launch Netbook With Touch Screen-Sources
money.cnn.com — (Adds share price reaction, analyst comment, no comment from Wistron, Quanta officials.) By Wei Yi Lim Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TAIPEI -(Dow Jones)- Apple Inc. (AAPL) is planning to launch a netbook computer with a touch screen monitor as early as the ... (more) UPDATE:Apple Plans To Launch Netbook With Touch ...
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Apple netbook (or iPod HD) coming in third quarter of the year?
Macsimum News — ... and Silicon Valley Insider ). Wintek revealed that it is currently working with Apple to develop some new products, but it said it doesn’t know what applications the new products are for. Wintek added that no shipment schedule has been worked out yet, but shipments are likely to begin in the second half of the year. Quanta Computer will be the maker of Apple’s new netbook, the Commerical Times report said. The Silicon Valley Insider says the device won’t be a traditional netbook, but will be a “touchscreen, portable Internet device that’s bigger than the iPhone.” The ...

Don’t bet on an Apple netbook—but an ‘iPod HD,’ well, that’s more likely
Macsimum News — ... of view the products in there are principally based on hardware that’s much less powerful than we think customers want. Software technology that is not good, cramped keyboards small displays… And so, we don’t think that people are going to be pleased with those types of products. But we’ll see. … it’s a category we watch. We’ve got some ideas here. But, right now we think the products there are inferior and will not provide an experience to customers that they’re happy with.” The Silicon Valley Insider opines that the device won’t be a traditional netbook, but will be a ...

Tell me sweet little lies: Apple touchscreen netbook
APC — ... a digital rendering of what an Apple Netbook could potentially look like. A reporter from the Silicon Alley Insider claimed that Apple will merely create a bigger version of the iPod Touch, which has been deemed the iPod Touch HD. [image] Credit: Gizmodo Individuals that believe the iPod Touch HD concept claim that the bigger screen will be for watching movies, playing video games, surfing the web at a better size, and reading e-books. This concept would open the doors to a new market, which would allow the company to simultaneously compete with companies like Amazon and ...

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