RUMOR: Apple’s unreleased ‘MacBook touch’ spotted in online logs "Steven P. Jobs appeared as a surprise 'special guest' on Apple’s earnings call Tuesday afternoon," John Markoff reports for The New York Times.

"Mr. Jobs answered that decades-old complaint by stating, 'We don’t know how to build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk.' He argued instead that the company’s mission was to add more value for customers at current price points," Markoff reports.

"However, he gave a more nuanced answer to the question of whether Apple plans to jump into the 'nascent' market for netbooks, essentially restating his comments on the question from last week at the Macbook introduction in Cupertino by saying the company was taking a wait-and-see attitude," Markoff reports. "At the same time, he noted that the company already had a powerful entry in the category: the iPhone. (By that standard, Apple is already the dominant netbook manufacturer by orders of magnitude.)"

"Mr. Jobs also said the company “had some pretty interesting” ideas if the category continues to evolve," Markoff reports.

"UPDATED: That would seem to confirm findings that a search engine company shared with me on condition that I not reveal its name: The company spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook," Markoff reports. "Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0?" Via MacDailyNews .

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/22/2008 10:01:00 PM