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Apple has long held a public stance that it doesn't know how to create a $500 notebook that isn't a piece of junk. Which is why, according to the latest rumor, the Steve Jobs clan may be getting closer to putting out a tablet that will be available in October instead.
According to the China Times, relayed by MacRumors, Apple has placed orders with three companies: Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack. Wintek will provide touch screens for the tablet, and Foxconn reportedly will be doing the actual manufacture ring of the device.
Citing sources, the China Times said the Apple netbook will actually take the form of a touch-screen tablet with about a 9.7-inch form factor. Although the form factor on netbooks has become somewhat fluid recently, a 10.1-inch screen is a standard size. That means the 9.7-inch Apple tablet would come in somewhat smaller than a typical netbook.
The smaller screen size is unlikely to be a problem because the touch-screen tablet device would have an entirely different user interface than a traditional notebook or ultramobile PC. Rather than interacting with a clamshell device through a keyboard and trackpad, the netbook or tablet would, presumably, have all of the screen real estate devoted to interacting with content.
According to the report, Apple's tablet will debut in October and be priced out of the netbook category at $800.
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