Apple rumors seem to circulate constantly and each time an event has Apple launching new products, like MacWorld, the rumor mill works overtime. A new rumor started over at TechCrunch says that Apple may have large format iPod touch in the works.

According to sources cited by TechCrunch, some of whom claim to have held this device, the large format touch would have a screen of 7 or even 9-inches. That is netbook screen size territory and Apple is said to be talking to Asian OEMs about producing the device.

Here’s where this rumor gets interesting to me. Long have the rumors about an Apple tablet and netbook been floating around. What if this device is the Apple tablet/netbook? Base the thing off the NVIDIA Ion platform and you have a netbook in a touchscreen tablet form factor. That would be sweet for sure.

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