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Apple iTablet snaps emerge

The real thing?

As Apple fanboys eagerly await the firm’s 7 September announcement, images of the much-rumoured iTablet have appeared online.

First things first – we’ve no proof that these images are authentic, but as the French website that has them, Nowhereelse, points out, the pictured gadget does look very credible.

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Could this be Apple's iTablet?
Source: Nowhereelse.fr

For example, the screen looks to measure around 10in – the display size many believe Apple has chosen for the iTablet.

The device is pictured running the welcome screen that appears after a Mac OS X Leopard installation.

Study the iTablet closely, though, and you’ll notice several white specks – possibly dust – trapped between the machine’s glass display and bodywork. The lower part of the casing doesn't appear to match up preciesly with the upper half.

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Top and bottom half of the case don't match?
Source: Nowhereelse.fr

If the pictured machine is a genuine Apple iTablet then it’s almost certainly a pre-production model. Dust would also build up in these areas if the tablet had been carried around in a backpack for several weeks.

Register Hardware’s also suspicious as to why the photographer hasn’t snapped the iTablet’s sides or rear – are they trying to hide something?

Finally, here's a YouTube vid allegedly showing the iTablet's iPhone-like operating system in action:

Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com

Again, it's not hard to fake this kind of thing, but if it is a fake, it's a good one, since the user isn't simply moving static apps around the screen but interacting with them too. ®

Latest Comments
Anonymous Coward

this is a fale because...

Check the date on the Note pad. It says 12 r 13th of August.

Check the "Weather" window - the day says "Tuesday".

Now check you cal - Tuesday was the 11th, not the 12 (or 13th). Also the date format on the note pad seems like an old one. The screen-saver too is the rocks, quite common for a laptop these days, doubt it will be used in the next gen uber cool device.

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iTablet??

who cares, it's fugly. Not in the usual sense though but iOMG fugly. So, is the IT angle the use of photoshop or something?

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Good heavens ...

An Etch-a-Sketch!

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nice fake dust.

Its amazing what you can do with 3ds max and Vray (ON A PC)

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Fake

Fakety fakety fake fake.

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