Apple will be launched personal Tablet PC in spring 2010

Published on December 13 2009 by Will Lee

According to investment firm Oppenheimer issued a research report claimed that Apple ready by the end of March or April next year, to introduce a personal tablet PC, the manufacturer expects a monthly production plan of 100 million units.

The Tablet PC is expected to allow Apple to enter the e-book market, at present the market is Amazon Kindle e-book reader driven.

Apple refused to comment on this news.

Oppenheimer analyst Yair Reiner said that if Apple can each quarter at an average price of 1,000 U.S. dollars and 100 million - 150 million units of this new Tablet PC sold, then the company's quarterly earnings per share will increase from 0.22 to 0.38 U.S. dollars, and the company's average net profit rate will reach 22%.

Reiner wrote: "We studied Apple's supply chain and the research has shown that this Tablet PC has already begun production and should be in mass production in February of next year."

"The timetable for volume production in February shows that Apple will launch the personal tablet PC by the end of March or April, because Apple's sales need to prepare for it at least 5-6 weeks before the accumulation of inventory."