Apple Shy? Valleywag Coax Sight Of New Tablet PC
Valleywag have been running a cheeky competition to try and ferret out evidence of the rumoured Apple iTablet – a more or less hypothetical XXL version of the iPod Touch. Far from being just an accessory to your desktop, this is supposed to be more like a halfway house between your iPod/smartphone and a Laptop computer. A portable monitor with a touch screen interface and no keyboard (although it will likely have plenty of connectors to attach peripherals) that will run modestly sized applications and interface with files that have been saved on an online ‘cloud’ like the ones Google and others have recently announced.
Apple haven’t taken kindly to their offering cash prizes of up to $100,000 for photos or demos of the project, and have sent over a stroppy letter demanding that Valleywag take down the competition post. A bad move, as VW have taken this as confirmation of the project’s existence in a ‘the lady doth protest too much’ way. As a consolation prize for what they consider to be a confirmation not conforming to their stated criteria, they’ve sent the lawyer a £25 Zune marketplace voucher. [smileyface.jpg]
