Report: Foxconn-made Apple Tablet to Ship Q1 '10

By Jane McEntegart
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Here it is, hot off the press! The latest rumor regarding Apple's tablet says the device will be manufactured by Foxconn and will ship at the beginning of next year.

Because the news gods decided I just couldn't wake up on a Wednesday having escaped four entire days without hearing anything about Apple's rumored tablet, Digitimes is reporting that the device will be Foxconn-made with a release early next year. Citing market sources, DT reports that 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 Digitimes sources went on to say that the device will have a 10.6 inch screen and speculated that Foxconn could perhaps secure the panels from its subsidiary Innolux Display. This of course goes against previous reports that said Wintek had landed the contract but who ever said rumors had to make sense?

Read the full report here.

Jane McEntegart
21 Comments Comment from the forums
  • will probably be what apple is known for overpriced underpowered pieces of crap.
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  • SneakySnake
    There laptops are overpriced - no one can argue that. But they are really beautiful machines that have good components inside
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  • alvine
    i wonder how the battery life will be if the device is just a big screen
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  • gmcboot
    They are the same components that are inside of a PC. Exactly.
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  • sot010174
    How well Snow Leopard runs with an ATOM N270?
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  • rsud
    SneakySnakeThere laptops are overpriced - no one can argue that. But they are really beautiful machines that have good components inside
    I see the negative votes on this opinion. Boy you window-heads are a nervous insecure bunch. Don't forget to hit this post with negatives votes also.
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  • war2k9
    Foxconn is the manufacture of apple new toy, what is new there?
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  • Element0f0ne
    A tablet device that uses iPhone OS... look, it's a giant iPod touch.

    No thanks, I'll wait for Courier.
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  • thackstonns
    SneakySnakeThere laptops are overpriced - no one can argue that. But they are really beautiful machines that have good components insideyeah all those nvidia 9400's that they recalled sure would good components. Not saying that there werent alot of windows based affected also, just saying its the same crap in all of them
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  • i don't care if it's over priced or crappy h/w as long as it has apple logo on it!!!!
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