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Mac tablet
The arrival of a Mac tablet is rumour that simply refuses to die. But so far, zilch.

It's not hard to understand why it's failed to appear. Tablet PCs have hardly set the world alight. Tablet sales represent a tiny percentage of global PC sales and Apple commands somewhere between five and eight per cent market share for the whole PC market. The math isn't very convincing.

But this line drawing with its hideously misshapen hand might provide some hope for those who want to believe.

Verdict: 4/10
Stranger things have happened but fan-boy lust aside, it's not clear why Apple would want to move down this path. Tablet PCs are niche and the iPhone and iPod touch are already tablets of a sort.

Credit: US Patent and Trademark Office

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Yeah, right: Unless you have done a reasonable survey of touch typists
to really learn their preferences (nah, didn't think so), it
seems beyond presumptuous to speak for "most of them".
You don't like... (Read the rest); Posted by: frabjous Posted on: 10/31/08 You are currently: a Guest | Log in | Terms of Use