Wall Street Journal seems to have the inside skinny once more.
There's no shortage of blogs and news sites claiming to have inside info on Apple's tablet plans, but you'd have to say the Wall Street Journal is one of the more authorative.
Its latest report, citing numerous unnamed "people familiar with the situation", has a ton of info on the tablet and the deals being struck around it. In brief:
- It's a device designed to be shared - between family members in the home, and between students in the classroom.
- Apple has held talks with the New York Times, Conde Nast, HaperCollins and News Corporation about putting magazines, newspapers and textbooks on the device.
- TV may also be a factor - a monthly subscription service with CBS and Walt Disney possibly on board.
- EA is working with Apple on games for the tablet.
- Virtual sticky notes and a camera for facial recognition may be part of the tablet's user interface.
Meanwhile, there is now speculation that the device WON'T be called iSlate as has been assumed in recent weeks.
MacNN reports that Apple has embarked on a battle to win the 'iPad' trademark from Fujitsu, and has until 28th February to make its submissions to the US Patent and Trademark Office.
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It also points to Apple's registration of the iPad trademark in Canada, Europe and Hong Kong.
More rumours? You got 'em! Publishing industry site The Bookseller reports that Apple is holding last-minute meetings this week in New York with the six largest book publishers to tie up deals.
Finally, financial news site TheStreet is claiming that Qualcomm is supplying a wireless chip for the iSlate/iPad/iWhatever, which in turn means Verizon will be the device's operator partner in the US.
