In an earlier report, we told you that Apple has placed orders with Taiwan-based WinTek for touchscreen displays that are to be used in the company’s upcoming netbook. At this point, Apple hasn’t issued official confirmation (and not so much as a statement) regarding the matter, but today a new report on Reuters seems to add more evidence to rumors of an upcoming Apple netbook.

Citing an unnamed source that is supposedly close to WinTek, Reuters says Apple has indeed placed orders for touchscreen panels, and that they are actually 10-inch screens. Apple and WinTek spokespersons, being as they are, haven’t confirmed what we believe all this is headed for. By the third quarter of this year, the mysterious new Apple device with these 10-inch panels are expected to be released. We will have a clear picture of it by then, and hopefully know whether it’s not a piece of junk, as Apple CEO Steve Jobs half-jokingly referred to other netbooks in the past.

Via Reuters

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