According to AllThingsD, Apple is planning a keynote event the week of September 7th, a time the company has traditionally used to unveil new products.
Although it's still unclear whether that event will include an Apple Tablet announcement, another intriguing rumor surrounding the eagerly anticipated device also caught our eye this morning by way of Gizmodo: that it will come in two editions, one featuring a webcam and one focused on the education market.
The publication’s source also says that the Apple tablet “will cost $700 to $900,” consistent with earlier reports.
Once again, the actual release date of the product is pegged as “this holiday season,” and the screen is listed at 10 inches. But why the two editions, and why does that price point, which is substantially higher than other netbooks, keep coming up? According to Gizmodo’s source, Apple sees the product fitting in between iPhone/iPod Touch and MacBook, both in price and functionality.
Such functionality could include “making the device act as a secondary screen/touchpad for iMacs and MacBooks” says the report. Combined with earlier speculation that the device could be a challenger to the Amazon Kindle (education edition = textbooks on iTunes?), you could be looking at something that is part eBook reader, part app store, and part iPhone - right smack in the middle of Apple’s high and low end products indeed.