According to Taiwan suppliers quoted in the Taiwan Economic News, "DynaPack International Technology Corp. has been exclusively contracted to supply up to 300,000 units of long lasting battery packs a month for Apple`s newest tablet PCs." This claim goes hand in hand with an earlier claim that Wintek had received orders to begin providing touch screens roughly 9.6 or 9.7 inches.
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article goes on to claim that the new device would feature a HSPDA
(High Speed Download Packet Access) module, the cellular data protocol
that AT&T uses in the United States and far more common in Europe.
This rumor, if true, would seem to kill the idea that Apple is readying
to ditch the troublesome carrier to cozy up to Verizon. That
competitor's data protocol, EVDO Rev. A, has lately been losing ground
to HSPDA worldwide. The choice of the latter protocol, as in the
iPhone, would make the tablet truly a global offering.
Tying
it all together is inclusion in the rumor of Apple's acquisition of
chip producers P.A. Semi as producing a processor soley for the tablet.
The rumor's specificity here is a double-edged sword. The level
of detail has a convincing element to it, while it goes against the
grain of Cupertino's legendary secrecy. A third option could be an
Apple misinformation campaign designed to hide their real plans. As
always, only time will tell.
