It looks like this one is still going strong. Gizmodo just posted
this story based on
this story at Personal Computer World (UK).
As a longtime Palm OS devotee and Apple Newton MessagePad 2100 owner, I'd love to see this come true. Combine all of the recently revealed Apple patents/patent applications (
wireless ipod,
accelerometer,
gaming tablet application,
mobile me,
integrated sensing display,
multipoint-touchscreen,
gesture interface for a tablet, and my favorite, a
chameleon patent and "Morph" trademark), and it's pretty obvious Apple is working on a revolutionary tablet/portable computing device. They also need to get into the wireless phone space as their competitors and wireless carriers are starting to offer wireless music download services that will threaten the iPod/iTMS model. I think the two companies would be a good fit.