French Executive Admits then Retracts Confirmation of Apple Tablet

Posted by Editor on Jan 11, 2010 in Apple, Tablets

UPDATE- now the word is that it was a mistranslation, the ‘oui’s’ were simple French politeness. Take it as you will. You don’t exactly see Cupertino vehemently denying the whole thing. We know it’s coming…

Bit of old news now, but this comes from The Unofficial Apple Weblog:

This morning Stéphane Richard, VP of France Telecom, was interviewed by Europe 1′s Jean Pierre Elkabbach today. During the interview, Elkabbach made a comment to Richard: “According to the weekly Le Point, (in) a few days your partner Apple will launch a Tablet with a webcam.”

To that, Richard simply replied, “Oui.” (“Yes”)

A few hours later, Richard’s employer Orange vehemently denied the story and put a hard to believe spin on the slip of the tongue as reported by Electronista:

An official statement asserts that the statement was taken out of context and that Richard’s apparent support “in no way reflect[s]” a confirmation of the hardware. The French carrier insists its executive was simply confirming awareness of the rumors and expressing a desire for it should it become real.

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