Bearing in mind how tricky it can be to speculate hardware direction from both job adverts and patents, all signs continue to point toward a MultiTouch Apple tablet; most recently, Apple have advertised a new position with the Mac and iPod hardware groups for MultiTouch panel development, working on testing the hardware’s reliability and comparing products from different suppliers.

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Some analysts believe that Apple is planning a larger-scale version of the iPod Touch, running full-scale OS X, which would compete with Microsoft’s UMPC and Tablet PC platforms.

[via Engadget]