More rumors surface on Apple tablet (excuse the pun)

It seems as if almost every time there is an Apple announcement coming up, more rumors of a Mac tablet show up. This time around, TechCrunch is reporting that they have heard from OEMs and people who have held prototypes that a 10 inch Mac Tablet and/or large iPhone is on the way. According to them, the price point for this product will be anywhere from $500 to $1,000 and “the project is very real.” Currently, they don’t really have any information about the specs of the machine other than those already mentioned, just that it exists.

If you ask me, these rumors are getting somewhat redundant. That said, I wouldn’t mind at all if Apple were to release a tablet touch screen device if they do it right. TechCrunch says the OS will be based on the iPhone OS, which makes sense, but I’m sure it will also look a lot more like Mac OS X for the desktop. What would be awesome on the tablet device is an iPhone simulator like developers use that would allow for actual iPhone apps to be used on the tablet. What are your thoughts?