We are approaching the year end holiday season fast, and Apple tablet rumors are again surfacing out of nowhere. By now, we know that Apple is not interested in developing a netbook (that is affordable). We also know that Apple is looking to get a piece of pie in the e-book and large handheld devices markets. With Apple Tablet, it can not only sell a product that costs much more than what netbooks are selling for today, it can also take on Amazon Kindle and e-book readers such as Nook by providing a decent alternative to those readers. But would you pay $800 for Apple tablet?

Studies have shown that Apple fans have no major problem paying close to $800 to get their hands on an Apple tablet. As long as Apple keeps its promises and develops a tablet that is remotely as useful as what we have seen in early prototypes, there is no reason this device can’t be a hit in this market. Apple does need to allow developers to come up with apps for its tablet, which means the device will offer something not offered by devices such as Kindle and Nook.

Apple may be very late to this market. The company has wasted some valuable time that it could use to gain traction in the market. But it does have enough of a fan base to get a fast start. You can expect Apple to stay far away from the term netbook. Apple doesn’t want to be associated with the “netbook” brand, so if you are hoping for a real Apple netbook, you are out of luck. But as long as iTablet can outperform other netbooks on the market, does it even matter what it’s called?