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[updated] Apple Tablet Confirmed by Intel ?

Intel Germany CEO Hannes Schwaderer confirmed that Apple will be using the Intel Atom processor in future versions of the iPhone.

This would makes sense seeing as how their have been circulating rumors about a new hand-held/tablet like device to be coming from Apple.

Here’s an English Translation:

As part of an Intel event for the 40th birthday of the semiconductor company at Munich’s BMW World, Germany managing director Hannes Schwaderer confirmed today what has long been a rumor on the Internet: namely, that there is an iPhone with Intel’s new Atom chip. The device is slightly larger than the current version, Schwaderer said. That is not, however, because of the Intel chip, but because of the larger display used in the new iPhone

He continues to say that the upgraded version of the current iPhone model will also exist with 3G capabilities.

Full article here.

[updates] Various sites are reporting this rumor as being “simply untrue.” While we can certainly understand an executive trying to scramble and cover his words. He should not have referenced anything of the sort. We think this slip-up has roots deep into the Apple lab and there must be something going on with a similar concept.