According to a Taiwanese industry publication, Sintek Photronics has sent touch screen modules to Apple for testing in iMacs with screens sizes 20 inches and larger. The report also said that this company would be the likely supplier for the touch screens if Apple does eventually release some sort of touch screen Mac. While a 2010 launch date isn’t very likely, there is obviously a chance it could happen in the future if Apple figures out a good way to do it. As it stands now, using a touch screen on a Mac would be somewhat awkward.

Look what just popped up online. It’s a mystery Apple touchscreen smaller than any we’ve seen before. Could it be a redesigned iPod with touch controls, or maybe a new kind of mouse/touchpad? The display is reported as being 3cm by 3cm, giving it a diagonal measurement of 1.7 inches (love the mixing of units).

As if the rumors surrounding the January 27th Apple event weren’t enough already, another one has surfaced for later this year. According to a Chinese publication accessed by DigiTimes, “Apple will outsource production of the 22-inch model to Quanta, with Taiwan-based Sintek Photronic supplying the touchscreen panels.” This certainly doesn’t sound like the rumored 10″ iTablet.

Well, the Apple tablet rumors just never die, do they? The latest source of information (read: rumors) is coming out of the idea that Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that manufactures a lot of products for Apple, has pieces lined up for the development of a device such as this. According to the DigiTime sources, they will have 300,000 to 400,000 of the products made and ready by the first quarter of 2010. They go on to state that the device will have a 10.6 inch display which would obviously be touch screen.

To be completely honest, I had no idea whether to believe all of the rumors about the Apple tablet. That is, until I saw this video. While rumors of an Apple tablet have appeared on the web numerous times as people feel Apple has to enter this market, there has always been just as much evidence in the other direction saying Apple won’t have a tablet. All that said, this video looks pretty legit, if you ask me. If it is a fake, a lot of time must have been put into it.

For those who are wishing to have the MacBook Air or iPhone touch screen features in their iMacs, you’ll be glad to know that Troll Touch has released a user-installable SlipCOVER touchscreen for these machines. Troll Touch, for those who are not aware, provides Apple with touchscreen system for its hardware. The new SlipCOVERs for more »