It looks like an Apple tablet PC or mobile Internet device is about ready for prime time, as shown in a recent patent application filed by Apple at the USPTO. The patent, titled “DISPLAY HOUSING FOR COMPUTING DEVICE”, shows what is obviously a touchscreen-equipped tablet with an Apple logo on its back (above is an exploded view of the device in question). If you recall, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch started a rumor just before the New Year that Apple was going to launch a “large-sized iPod touch in the fall of 2009″. Well, this perfectly fits the bill, and now the only thing left for us to ponder is what variation of OS X this computing device will run. Hopefully, more details will come up in the next few weeks/months. See more photos at the site linked below.

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We know Acer will soon be delivering its recently officialized 10.1-inch Acer Aspire 103 netbook, but after that, it’s not clear what other products the company will offer in the netbook category. Well, we have a somewhat informed answer now, courtesy of a patent application found on the USPTO web site pertaining to an Acer-designed mobile Internet device that we’ve got pictured here. This MID doesn’t come with a spec sheet in the patent application, but from its photos, we gather that it has a wide touchscreen display, dock connector, several ports and a 3.5mm headphone jack. If it features an Intel Atom processor at release, we wouldn’t be surprised. We’ll update you with more info on this find when we find them.

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