Apple's Sub-Notebook 'Delayed' Until 2009, iPhone Colors

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/08/05/apples-sub-notebook-delayed-until-2009-iphone-colors-in-2008/

A financial analyst at UBS Investment Research publishes his outlook for Apple's product line in 2008 and 2009, as reported by AppleInsider.

The analyst Maynard Um also cites "industry checks" to confirm that the MacBook and iPod will see updates later this year. Both Apple notebook and iPod updates have been widely expected in the coming months with some signs pointing to a September launch.

Um also claims there will be a "first half of 2009" launch of the a Mac "sub-notebook". Talk of an Apple sub-notebook has died down since the release of the MacBook Air, which has partially filled that need in Apple's product line. However, there remains a small but vocal group of individuals who want Apple to release a true sub-notebook with screen sizes smaller than the 13" screen that the MacBook Air houses. Um believes another "sub-notebook" was originally intended for launch in 2008 but has been delayed until 2009.

Finally, the analyst points to additional iPhone colors to be launched in time for this year's holiday season as well as a brand new iPhone in the first half of 2009.

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/08/04/ubs_starts_apple_coverage_with_claims_of_ultraportable_mac_delay.html

at least the the sub-notebook is expected to be coming next year, and the iphone is getting colors

i really don't believe this rumor

i dont know about a sub notebook, but the iphone in different colors would be cool.

i just don't see apple releasing a sub-notebook, not with the macbook air that they just released

i don't know, this rumor would be pretty cool, also so would the iphone colors

yeah i would like to see the iphone in different colors.

it would be very nice if the sub-notebook is released in 2009

i doubt either of these will happen

i think the iphone colors is more predictable, but you never know though

i doubt that also. we'll see

i hope it happens

we will wait and see........ i hope for it to be in colors though

i'll believe it when i see it

the sub-notebook probably won't happen, but the iphone colors have more of a chance

i don't know. apple has been known to have different colors sometimes, but the iphone is still pretty new. maybe next year

would a tablet be considered a sub-notebook?

it could be i guess. there are other rumors for a tablet-like mac (smaller than normal tablets that can run iphone apps)

yeah, but as you said, that rumor has been around for a long time

but a tablet-like device that runs iphone apps sounds like a great idea to me, and something that apple could pull off. and that rumor hasn't been around before

well i want to see the colors. i know it wont be long until they come out in colors.

i really don't think you'll see colors anytime soon