Rumors of new Apple devices with a multi-touch interface

As AppleInsider reports today , analyst Shaw Wu of American Technology Research says Apple is likely to show a portable laptop with a multi-touch interface at WWDC.

Its sources have information about four-and seven-inch devices with a multi-touch interface, which have already left the prototype stage. However, it is not yet known when Apple will launch these devices.

The rumor about new multi-touch devices is reinforced by two more facts. First, Intel this week officially showed the Atom processor, on which, according to rumors, these devices should work.

Secondly, Apple has already sent out a beta version of Mac OS X 10.5.4 to developers, although an update 10.5.3 was recently released. TUAW claims that Mac OS X 10.5.4 will be released on June 12 and will support work with the new service, conventionally called Mobile Me (that is, the updated .Mac ). It is likely that this is an update and will support new multi-touch devices.
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