Such a gizmo sounds an awful lot like the tablet-sized, Web-surfing touch-screen gizmo some speculate Apple is working on.

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The firm realised its world was changing and was working on a touch-screen phone much like the iPhone as early as 2004.

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The German duo are also working on an intelligent touch-screen terminal for iPhones.

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It is now working on developing a laptop with a tabletlike touch screen.

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Microsoft is reportedly working on development of Windows 8, which will be better suited for touch screen tablet devices.

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