Could this be evidence that Apple’s little touchscreen portable thingamybob won’t be called the iSlate? Developer iBuiltThis may have a case on his hands if Apple rips the name off, seen as how his app has been available since November 2008.
According to All Things D, we shouldn’t expect much news to come from the music industry along with the announcement of Apple’s new tablet device. That’s not as surprising as it may sound.
The Newton might be in the valley between an iPhone and Apple’s upcoming tablet, but it’s essentially Apple’s first stab at the form factor. And here’s how they promoted it.
Apple has indirectly confirmed the existence of the fabled Tablet, after Valleywag started a scavenger hunt for evidence of its existence, offering up to $US100,000 for photos, videos or a chance to play with it.
One of our close Apple connects who haven’t steered us wrong dropped a little bit of information on us. Here’s what we know:
We’re just a couple of weeks away from Apple (supposedly) unveiling its tablet, or iSlate if you will, and while we’ve heard every possible rumour under the sun let’s revisit them in this handy visual guide.
Apple bought Fingerworks – a company that developed a bunch of multitouch accessories, interfaces and gestures – years ago, but left the site online until this week, even as founder Wayne Westerman popped up in Apple patents. It’s gone now. Hmmm. [MacRumors]
