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Apple iPad to be Steve Jobs’ welcome back gift?

This content is 16 years old and may not reflect reality today nor the author’s current opinion. Please keep its age in mind as you read it.

You may recall the Crystal Ball: Apple’s $599 “iPad Touch” Netbook (with pictures) article last year in which I mocked up the forthcoming Apple iPad. Although it turns out I wasn’t the first with this idea (further proof it’s got legs) I wasn’t the last either, with the Wall Street Journal claiming that “people privy to the company’s strategy say Apple is working on new iPhone models and a portable device that is smaller than its current laptop computers but bigger than the iPhone or iPod Touch” in Jobs Maintains Grip at Apple. Add to that the mysterious 10-inch touchscreen order and you arrive at something not too far from what you see above.

When will all this happen? Well Steve Jobs is due back in June, coincidentally the same time as the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2009 which runs June 8-12 in San Francisco. In addition to Snow Leopard then it looks like us Mac junkies will have a[t least one] new toy to play with. This is great news even if only because while surfing the Internet on the iPhone is possible, it’s hardly pleasurable.