The Economic Daily, according to major Taiwanese newspaper which was among the first to correctly report that Apple was making a tablet claims that the same company is now working on the iPad 2.

Nothing much is revealed about the specification, but, Apple is readying another tablet similar to the iPad but with a 7-inch touchscreen for launch as early as end of this year. The current iPad screen is 9.7-inch.

According to this report from Apple Insider , production on the iPad 2 is already under way in China
Chimei Innolux will supply 7-inch LCD screens, which use the same IPS (in-plane switching) technology found in the original iPad, which improves viewing angles and colour on LCD screens. Touchscreen technology for the screens will come from Cando Corporation.

Apple has also tapped Compal Electronics, one of the world’s largest contract laptop computer makers, to assemble the new iPad.

The companies named in the Economic Daily report declined to comment. Contract manufacturers and component makers normally do not reveal what products they’re working on because failure to maintain secrecy can cause them to miss out on future contracts.

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