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11:55 AAPL Apple Computer readying new keyboard with iPod dock? - Think Secret (91.48 +1.94) -Update-

Think Secret reports Apple may be preparing to release a new USB keyboard with a built-in iPod dock, sources report. The revelation comes through an unusual series of events that found samples of the unreleased keyboard in at least a few customer hands following a gaffe at an Apple repair parts depot.

Sources suspect that Apple had the recipients of the keyboard sign a non-disclosure agreement as part of the replacement process. When the new keyboard may properly find its way into customer hands, if ever, is unknown but if the units are as production-ready as it seems, Macworld Expo San Francisco in January seems a likely venue for the release of the new keyboard.