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The Apple Tablet's Name: iSlate (At Least, It Sure Looks That Way)
Poking more at the info Apple secretly registered iSlate.com a couple years ago, TechCrunch found Apple's possibly setup a shell company called Slate Computing, which has a trademark on "iSlate." The signatory? Apple's Senior Trademark Specialist, MacRumors discovered. More »Apple Owns iSlate.com Domain: The Mystery Deepens
Apple Patent Application Reveals a Bumpy Tablet
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