Apple rumored to have supersized prototype tablets (poll)

Rumors have long swirled that Apple has a tablet computer—usually believed to have a screen roughly 10″ in size—that will be released sometime early next year. However, the company may also be considering larger tablets, in 13″ and 15″ size, that are even capable of running standard Mac OS X.

The latest rumor is based on a source—one that Gizmodo considers “100 percent reliable”—that claims to have seen prototypes of 13″ and 15″ touchscreen devices, made of aluminum, with at least one of them running Leopard. The prototypes were in a factory in Shenzuen, China that has a “tight relation with Apple.” That factory is not part of Foxconn, one of Apple’s main Asian manufacturing partners, however.