Dow Jones made a few calls last night to Wintek and Quanta and are currently reporting that Apple is planning a touchscreen netbook. This means with 70% certainty that Apple isn’t planning a touchscreen netbook.
Look, folks, Wintek and Quanta probably lost a contract with Apple and all of this is probably a case of sour grapes. I have been wrong before, obviously, but a touchscreen netbook doesn’t make sense. Sure, it would have to be a small device but there’s no real reason – unless it’s a convertible tablet to add a touchscreen to a netbook. If that’s the case, then, we’re talking about something else entirely.
When the big boys get a quote from Chinese manufacturers you know something is up and it’s never good. The folks like Dow Jones and all the analysts usually get a sneak preview from Apple and leak “launches” – but they rarely get prognostication right. This is a political play more than an announcement.
Is a netbook still a netbook if it costs more than $1,000? I say “no!” Them touchscreens and fancy Apple logos don’t come cheap….
by gar and by jaysus ye may be right!
Asus is supposed to release the T91 touch netbook this year. Why is that so unbelievable?
I expect to see an Apple tablet much earlier than an Apple netbook. But, I don’t expect to see an Apple tablet any time soon.
Apple’s really doing something to get into the headlines.
TechFilipino
they’re taiwanese, not chinese…