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WSJ: New Apple device
Mar 10, 2009
Author: FairWith
With Chief Executive Steve Jobs out on medical leave, Apple Inc. hasn't announced a major new product this year. That has freed the rumor mill to churn about what new gadgets the company may be preparing to launch.
In the past few days, speculation has swirled that the Cupertino, Calif., company is developing a device with a touch screen that could be as big as 10 inches, for release in the second half of the year.
Some people familiar with the matter say the device is a netbook, an inexpensive mini-notebook that has been a growth segment for the PC market over the last year.
Other people close to Apple, however, say the device will be more like an iPod Touch with a bigger screen that will make it easier to watch movies, play videogames, read electronic books and surf the Internet.
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