Does Apple’s inclusion of SD Card slots in MacBook Pros hint at future Mac tablet?

Financing Options“A SanDisk investment commentator, blogging as Savolainen, reckons Apple is going to introduce a tablet or netbook-type Mac. Yes, you’ve heard this before. But this time, the evidence lies with the SD Card adoption by MacBook Pros,” Chris Mellor reports for Register Hardware.

“Generally speaking, the standard SD card can have up to 4GB of capacity with a high capacity version, the SDHC, offering up to 32GB. An eXtended Capacity SDXC specification was unveiled at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, which opens the way to 2TB cards,” Mellor reports. “The SD format was developed by Matsushita (Panasonic), SanDisk, and Toshiba, and it’s licensable. It has become popular and is widely used, even becoming ubiquitous. Apple has now adopted it for its new MacBook Pro 13-inch and 15-inch notebooks.”

“Savolainen draws the conclusion that Apple could be working on a netbook and tablet to be announced within a year and that they will also likely use the SD Card format. An SD Card addition to the iPhone is also, he reckons, a possibility,” Mellor reports.

Full article here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Jen” for the heads up.]

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