Rumored Apple tablet launch was delayed until first-quarter 2010 over 10” glass panel strengthening

“Innolux, the panel-making subsidiary of the Foxconn Group, will be the initial supplier of touch panels for Apple’s tablet… according to sources from Apple’s component suppliers,” Susie Pan and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes. “Apple has been seeking solutions to strengthen the glass of the 10-inch panel for the device and was forced to delay the launch until first-quarter 2010, the sources noted.”

Pan and Tsai report, “Foxconn’s optical glass processing subsidiary G-Tech Optoelectronics will provide a glass strengthening process for the device.”

Pan and Tsai report, “Apple is expected to announce the tablet PC in January of 2010 with mass shipments to start in March or April, based on analysis of the shipping schedules of Apple’s upstream component partners.”

Full article here.

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