Unannounced Apple Product Found in Web Logs?

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/10/22/unannounced-apple-product-found-in-web-logs/

A NYTimes blog article by John Markoff (via AppleInsider) claims that Apple may already be testing a netbook-sized device. Markoff recaps Jobs' statements from yesterday's financial conference but adds this tidbit in an update to the article:

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. Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0?

We're not sure what to make of this information. Had it was presented by someone other than the New York Times' John Markoff, we may have simply dismissed it.

Web user-agent identifications are easy to falsify. In fact, in many browsers users can enter whatever identifying string they would like. Similarly, resolution is a self reported statistic from the user's browser.

No identifying information is provided and a quick perusal of our own web logs have not revealed anything noteworthy. Still, it would be not be surprising that unannounced Apple products would be tested on live websites, though it's unclear how much identifying information Apple would include in such a device.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/read-my-lips/

so what is a netbook sized device?

a netbook is like a mini laptop - a laptop with a small screen, used for just the internet and maybe office apps

thats seems pretty neat. i wonder it will really happen.

there are netbooks out already, just not by Apple, so they run windows. these things are generally small, slow, and cheap. so the reason people like them right now is that they are cheap, and easy to carry around on the go

some of these netbooks are down

i might want to get a netbook one day

it'd be cool if apple could be releasing one

their netbook would be $800 or more though