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Macbook touch spotted over the horizon
OVER THE LAST week rumours have been hotting up regarding a new product from Apple.
An informer for Macdailynews has come out with a variety of claims about a new device.
These include talk of a Macbook-sized screen in Iphone-like glass, with fully-featured multi-touch on Mac OS X.
Apparently, he believes this is why the company bought P.A. Semi - and the device may include Immersion's haptic technology which may allow tactile feedback, among other new touch-screen features.
Similarly to the Iphone, the device is purported to contain GPS, a DVD-RW drive and an accelerometer. It will be App-Store compatible, yet able to run standard Mac applications.
Apparently, the same informer has spoken to Macdailynews previously concerning over products tip-bits and has got the information right.
The rumour mill has further been fuelled by Apple finance chief Peter Oppenheimer in the company's recent quarterly conference call, on Monday.
"We are working to develop new products that contains technologies that our competition will not be able to match. I cannot discuss these new products, but we are very confident in our product pipeline," said trumpeted.
The source said the product should arrive before the end of October.
Doubtless this new product will put Microsoft's Windows 7 touch interface to shame.
We suspect the announcements will come at the same time as the expected MacInteltoshbook/MacInteltoshbook Pro refreshes in September, which should come with new Centrino 2 product and branding. µ
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Wow, the iPhone has a DVD-RW drive? Perhaps I might get one after all.
why would you want a DVD in a tablet? come wake up and smell the coffee
based on this article i will now be sorely disappointed when i buy an iphone and find it doesn't have a dvd drive.
you guys sure are good at getting poor consumers' hopes high.
I occasionally wonder why Apple is a member of the Blu-ray Disc Association:

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/mar/10blu-ray.html

Does it seem odd to you too?
I wish Apple would make their iMacs rotate between landscape to portrait. The wide letterbox displays would be wonderful for regular documents and long web pages if only they could be re-orientated.