It was reported this week that Apple will get a second manufacturer for its upcoming iPad tablet. Now, reports say that Foxconn is negotiating with the tech giant to sign a new deal that will make the company the sole builder of the upcoming iPad 3. According to DigiTimes, Pegatron, being the manufacturer of Apple iPhones, will unlikely share Apple’s order for the...

According to a report from Digitimes, Apple is adding another manufacturer to assemble the new iPad tablet (iPad 2 Plus or iPad HD or the third generation iPad), which could be launched in autumn. Having a second contractor does not indicate that a new version of the tablet is coming in 2011. The company might be taking steps to reduce production risk by adding contractors. Digitimes...

Rumors of an iPad 2 Plus launch this year have been talked about everywhere since it came out this week, but the guys from This Is My Next said sources told them that Apple could be scrapping the iPad 2 Plus name and call it the ‘iPad HD.’ The iPad HD would be a variant of the iPad 2, in keeping with Steve Jobs’ “year of the iPad 2” proclamation...