Apple’s highly-expected tablet device, although still underwraps, was built with roots in many other popular products sold by the Cupertino, Calif. company. Along with the iPhone’s OS, the tablet could borrow batteries from Apple’s MacBook laptop computer, according to a Taiwan report Thursday.
Two companies – Simplo Technology and Dynapack International Technology – have received orders for the rumored tablet, said Digitimes, quoting China’s Commercial Times.
“The two companies are also battery suppliers for Apple’s MacBooks,” wrote Digitimes.
Earlier this week, an analyst suggested battery life was among two ‘minor issues‘ that could delay shipment of the tablets until June. Although many expected Apple would begin shipments in March, following a Jan. 27 announcement, Kaufman Bros. analyst Shaw Wu told investors battery life and durability could force a three-month delay in shipping, placing the device into the more traditional June period. When Apple first introduced its first iPhone in 2007, it waited until June to begin shipping the iconic handset.
