“Apple’s rumored 12-inch tablet, which is said to be scheduled for release in 2015, may become the vendor’s first device to feature an operating system that integrates Mac OS and iOS, according to rumors in the upstream supply chain,” Aaron Lee and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes.
“Sources in the supply chain say that Apple has two 12.9-inch tablet prototypes in development: one is a 2-in-1 device and the other is a regular tablet,” Lee and Tsai report. “However, whether Apple will release both devices to the market or just one, still remains unclear. The device is rumored to be expected to enter mass production in early 2015.”
“We’ve noted in the past that Apple conveniently has a classic patent pending 2-in-1 design on record, should market conditions demand such an entry,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple. “While this ongoing rumor is interesting, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has knocked such a hybrid design in the past. Then again, he knocked the idea of a watch in the past at the D11 conference with Walt Mossberg and they ended up with Apple Watch.”
