Apple’s Tablet is set to hit manufacturing imminently in time for a launch in March or April 2010, according to rumours being ramped up by analysts. Could it be true?
According to Oppenheimer analyst, Yair Reiner, who’s been watching Apple’s previous manufacturing partners, “the cogs for the tablet are creaking into action and should begin to hit mass market stride in February.”
Reiner predicts that Apple’s planning to producer up to 1 million tablets per month and that the now almost mythical device will feature a 10.1in display (which could just be a guess but chimes well with all the rumours we’ve heard so far).
This rumour goes a little further with Reiner suggesting the tablet’s 10.1in multi-touch display will use the same LTPS LCD tech as the iPhone. He goes on to talk about Apple approaching book publishers “with a very attractive proposal” to split revenue 30/70 (Apple to publisher) without asking for exclusivity.
If Reiner’s right about the financial split between Apple and the publisher, it would mean that Apple would be aggressively gunning for Amazon’s Kindle. Amazon’s deal with publishers is reportedly a 50/50 split rising to a 30/70 split when Amazon gets exclusivity.
We’ve seen that the magazine makers are ready for the Apple Tablet but will the book publishers bite?
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