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08:19 AAPL Resetting the timeline for Apple's ultra-portable initiative - AppleInsider (99.92 )

AppleInsider reports an effort on the part of Apple to develop an ultra-thin and lightweight notebook with next-generation technologies such as on-board NAND flash may take a bit more time than initially reported. The co's return to the sub-notebook mkt had the Mac maker scurrying to complete its initial design around mid-year.

Evidence suggested the Apple World Wide Developers Conference, which invades San Francisco in June, could have served as an ideal venue for co chief executive Steve Jobs to first flaunt the device. That's now unlikely to be the case. Citing a maturing timeline, people familiar with the initiative now have the chic notebook tracking for the latter half of the year, with a contingency plan in place to transition the device into a Macworld 2008 product should engineers require the additional time.