Rumor Mill — Microsoft is Going to Build the Apple Tablet

Rumors about the alleged tablet from Apple are so rampant that the latest has it being made by Microsoft. Just kidding, of course, as it’s highly unlikely that Jobs would trust the Apple tablet to the folks in Redmond. What is being hinted at is a new tablet that is being prepared by Microsoft, overlooking the fact that they are the inventors of the Tablet PC. They don’t even talk about the Tablet PC, anymore, but who are we to question if they are going to make a new, popular model? I can see the commercials now — “I’m an iPad, I’m a TC.”

Forget the fact that MS doesn’t make mobile gadgets; well, there is that ZuneHD thing. The rumor has the company advertising for a new product manager who will help bring a tablet with Surface technology to the market. Multitouch, anyone?

The rumors about MS-branded hardware don’t end there. The not-so-secret project codenamed “Pink”, has MS still supposedly working on two smartphones under their own brand. Sure, they said they wouldn’t do it but who believes MS, anyway? Besides, if Microsoft won’t make Windows Mobile phones, who will?