The rumor that Apple has a 13 iPad in the works picked up steam over the past day or so. It’s a great move and it must have Samsung wondering how it can fulfill its ambitions in tablets and enterprise if Apple goes ahead.
First the rumor. It emerged a week back when the Korean Times reported that Apple has asked for supplies of larger tablet displays.
“Apple’s local first-tier display supplier is now producing a 12.9-inch Retina Display to be used in the new iPad, which will be coming out sometime next year,” an official at a local Apple supplier in Korea told The Korea Times by telephone Tuesday. That display is now being manufactured by the supplier’s plant in Korea.”
A week ago I interviewed Seeking Alpha writer and silicon veteran Ed McKernan on Re-Thinking Innovation. Ed’s view then was that Apple would come out with a MacBook Pro/iPad hybrid. And the 13 version looks like being exactly that. Imagine an enterprise tablet with 64 bit processing and a new range of gestural interface possibilities.
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