Apple Tablet Rumored To Launch In Early 2010

Rumors surrounding the launch of Apple's mythical touchscreen Tablet computer have been swirling, and here's one more to add to the mix: the Tablet could hit markets as soon as the first quarter of 2010.

According to DigiTimes, which got the scoop:

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will be the manufacturing partner for an upcoming tablet PC device from Apple, according to market sources. The device is expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2010, with initial shipments from Foxconn being in the 300,000-400,000 range, the sources said.

The device will have a 10.6-inch display, and the sources speculated that perhaps Foxconn could secure panels from its subsidiary Innolux Display.

DigiTimes' source also reports that the device will focus on e-reader capabilities, rather than music.

Among other rumors concerning the Tablet, the web has been buzzing with hints of the content deals it is reportedly negotiating with print publishers. Read more about that here.

Comments

[GreedyOleParty]

12:45 PM on 10/10/2009

Another overpriced piece of crap made in China.

[rancone]

11:32 PM on 10/07/2009

Think cloud computing, web access (very heavy graphics), virtual network connection (to a home/base/server), Requires very fast high (and configurable) resolution. And of course 3/4 G connectivity everywhere. This is to be a portable access port.
All this I hope for in a very much under 3 pound and somewhat rugged form factor. Long battery life - from get up to got to bed and use all day on the go.
Hope Apple gets there.

[DarleenMB]

11:07 PM on 10/07/2009

Well, I'm in for one!!!

[toosinbeymen]

09:47 PM on 10/07/2009

So what is MSFT doing? Investing their billions in CDOs, naked swaps, subprime mortgages?

[solomnibuslucet]

11:16 PM on 10/07/2009

Actually, working on their Courier dual 7" display notebook.

[cdembrey]

08:52 PM on 10/07/2009

If you've read the links in this story you'd know that Apple has talked to everyone from the NYT, to magazine publishers to text book publishers.

Imagine a student not having to lug around all those text books. Being able to read the NYT with out all that paper to deal with and be able to see video of news events as well as photos. Magazines with text, photos and videos. All available from the iPod store.

[hopefull2008]

10:45 PM on 10/07/2009

Read a newspaper, see videos and photos .. on a computer. Impossible.

[AnnArky]

11:19 PM on 10/07/2009

See naked men and women performing all sorts of contorted actions on a computer. . . Impossible.

[Doctor Jones]

12:29 AM on 10/08/2009

LOL

[GodsCOMMENT]

08:29 PM on 10/07/2009

what is the heat factor with these machines? is APPLE GOING TO POST THE HEAT THEY GIVE OFF on the windows of their stores??????? APPLE is so lame.

[GodsCOMMENT]

08:37 PM on 10/07/2009

shouldn't apple BY law be obligated to SELL PEOPLE A LEAD BLANKET TO WEAR
IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE USED AS LAPTOPS? HAS APPLE TESTED THESE
MACHINES FOR DOING LAP DAMAGE?> WHERE ARE TESTS MR. JOBS?

[solid]

09:02 PM on 10/07/2009

You babble nonsense for two posts and you call Apple lame?

[AnnArky]

11:20 PM on 10/07/2009

I had a lap dance once and got some "lap damage."

[lessbs]

08:20 PM on 10/07/2009

I plan on buying one if the ebook capabilities are as good as it looks, including color. If I have to buy another down the road when all kinks are worked out, so be it.

[GodsCOMMENT]

07:59 PM on 10/07/2009

shouldn't the government buy one of these for every kid at birth so THEY CAN TWEET instead of CRY when they want some attention...........it seems like something the CONGRESS COULD AGREE on in a bipartisan way.................................................NO KID WITHOUT AN APPLE TWEET

[abelenkpe]

08:07 PM on 10/07/2009

Dude get a life.

[GodsCOMMENT]

08:35 PM on 10/07/2009

your 2 FANS are invited to switch over to a more perceptive commenter and leave you high and dry

[GodsCOMMENT]

07:41 PM on 10/07/2009

THE thing is THE INITIAL RUN will not be properly test in real life situations as was the case with the iphone...................and it will be horribly overpriced appealing only to the lamebrained cultists who wait all night in line chewing thier milk duds. CONNECTIVITY is going to be a problem and APPLE
DOES NOT SEEMS AWARE OF THE NEED TO TEST PRIOR TO SELLLING THIS JUNK

[GonzoFactor]

07:57 PM on 10/07/2009

Great. Another armchair quarterback who doesn't know a blessed thing about how Apple works but thinks he has all the answers.

[GodsCOMMENT]

08:01 PM on 10/07/2009

how many screws do you need to unscrew to change the batterey, genius?

[abelenkpe]

08:08 PM on 10/07/2009

You really need to do something about your meth problem.

[GodsCOMMENT]

07:31 PM on 10/07/2009

Everyone on the planet knows that the initial run of these things will ultra flawed and that the hype along will lead to long lines of fruitcakes who would trade in their grandmother for one. All the grandmothers of the world should turn it around and trade in their grandchildren for one, even
thought the prices will drop by 1000 percent in a year. Apple fanatics are such trash.

[BUMbO]

09:19 PM on 10/07/2009

Dude, calm down. You can use a Windows product if you want. No one will stop you. You sound like a cranky old man.

[JePense]

10:16 PM on 10/07/2009

Good answer - could the cranky old man's initials be: Bill Gates?

[GreedyOleParty]

06:55 PM on 10/07/2009

Too bad it will be overpriced like everything else they sell that's made in China.

[GodsCOMMENT]

07:35 PM on 10/07/2009

Dont ever knock the CHINESE....THEY ARE SMART.....THEY WILL be on MARS while we are still in Afghanistan.....they know Afghanistan is just a rock pile but MARS HAS POTENTIAL
FOR BEING HUMANIZED to send their growing population......BY the time the usa arrives on MARS A CENTURY FROM NOW the chinese willl already have a restaurant OPEN AND WAIITING FOR THE AMERICANS

[commonsense68130]

12:53 AM on 10/14/2009

ROFLMAO!

Do your parents know you are on their computer?

[LeaderofMen]

06:38 PM on 10/07/2009

You know what would be awesome about this tablet? How about if it becomes a more sophisticated version of Microsoft's 'Surface', but portable.

That would pretty much stick in M$'s craw for a while.

[jsgaetano]

06:56 PM on 10/07/2009

Yeah, because it's not like they aren't always following in MS's tail lights...
http://gizmodo.com/5365299/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet

[psetchfield]

07:15 PM on 10/07/2009

uh...yeah...right.

[deluxebrand]

06:21 PM on 10/07/2009

apple's new reader would be a great addition to Hospitals... a much more useful size and form-factor for DR's to have access to all kinds of medical software and patient records on the go...I can also think of many more uses for this device..

[hollandjwm]

06:16 PM on 10/07/2009

Knowing Apple's price point...read: over pricing of tech, this will retail for over $4000.00.

[solid]

06:23 PM on 10/07/2009

You're about 20 years behind the times. This tablet will go for $700 usd. $600 for education customers. And it will be done right.

[jsgaetano]

06:57 PM on 10/07/2009

"done right"... in other words, it will cost $700, and only cost Apple $100 to make.

[hopefull2008]

06:10 PM on 10/07/2009

Right now you could cobble together a touchscreen netbook for $250.

[deluxebrand]

06:20 PM on 10/07/2009

that might be true, but why would you want to...

[solid]

06:23 PM on 10/07/2009

Cobble is right. It wouldn't be very pretty.

[hopefull2008]

07:20 PM on 10/07/2009

It would look pretty nice but not very fashionable.