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Coming from DigiTimes is a rumour about a white iPhone 5 launching - even though the white iPhone 4 has been heavily delayed and still isn't available. Interesting. Apparently, Wintek is supplying Apple white iPhone 5 touch panels . Well, there's really no way to confirm this until Apple announces the next iPhone which should be in June. Maybe they should focus on releasing the white iPhone 4 for now.

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At HP's press conference which was earlier this month we heard that the webOS-based Touchpad tablet would be available in the Summer but DigiTimes is reporting that it could actually launch earlier than expected. Reportedly, the tablet could actually ship in late March or early April if things work out. To recap: the Touchpad features a 9.7-inch display with a 1,024 x 768 resolution, a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm CPU, 512MB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and webOS 3.0. The WiFi-only version could be the first one available with 3G and even 4G models launching later.

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Engdaget has just picked up some amazing exclusive information regarding HP / Palm. What you see above is a render of what a future HP / Palm webOS-based tablet. The companies are actually working on two models: the 7-inch "Opal" and a larger 9-inch "Topaz" which we've heard of before. Judging from the renders, you can tell that there's a front-facing camera, no buttons (likely because of multitouch gestures), a microUSB port, and three speakers.

The website is hearing that units will start hitting Palm HQ in June of this year and production for launch won't start until later this year. Apparently, the WiFi-only, AT&T 3G, and Verizon LTE models of the 7-inch "Opal" will be available in September 2011, while the AT&T LTE model won't be available until July 2012 which is so far away from now. Fortunately, they're hearing that the 9-inch "Topaz" may actually be available sooner than the Opal so maybe we'll be seeing a Summer 2011 launch for it. Inside you should find a 1.2GHz CPU in both of them. I just can't wait until February 9th.

Update: Coming from DigiTimes via Engadget, is word that Inventec is planning to ship an HP Palm tablet to the market in March of this year. Of course, this would mean that the "Topaz" is almost ready so let's just wait for them to announce it on February 9th. Could the first webOS-based tablet be in our hands in about 6 weeks? Man, I hope this is true.

Update: Another post coming from Engadget has just mentioned even more bits of information! Apparently, both of these tablets that HP / Palm will be bringing to the market will have access to 10GB of cloud storage, Beats audio, Tap-to-Share smartphone integration, Flash support, and it'll be capable of charging wirelessly with a Touchstone dock. Palm is also said to be working on a few more handsets, but they're reportedly "nothing too amazing" right now so let's hope that changes in the near future with a new flagship webOS smartphone.

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Coming from DigiTimes is word that RIM is preparing 1 million units of the BlackBerry PlayBook. This is going to be made by Quanta, the same company making about 800,000 Motorola Xoom tablets for the same quarter. Obviously, RIM is being more optimistic by making 200,000 more units than Motorola but we'll just have to see how the sales go. I'm pretty sure that the PlayBook will reign supreme in Canada though since the Android adoption up here isn't as fast as in the US.

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Digitimes has just mentioned something quite significant about Motorola. Apparently, the company plans to ship 800,000 Motorola Xoom tablets in Q1 alone which is an impressive amount. Hopefully, the price is right but I'm pretty confident that Motorola will be able to sell out of these impressive "Honecyomb" based tablets. This tablet will reportedly be available in four different colours and should be launching in the next few months with a WiFi-only model expected as well.

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