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The Street: Tablet on Verizon, will have docking station for mouse and keyboard

Scott Moritz, whose rumor record is questionable at best, today posts some new “information” on the Street.  

The Tablet will be on Verizon with a 3G chip manufactured by Qualcom according to Ashok Kumar.  Perhaps most interestingly however, it will have a docking station: 

The Tablet will also include a docking station, according to Northeast Securities’ Kumar. This could be a crucial feature for consumers who harbor an ongoing love affair with keyboards. For those unsatisfied with touchscreen typing, a dock would connect to a keyboard and mouse.

Of note, a tablet having a keyboard and mouse could take market away from Apple’s popular MacBook line.  Also, Technologizer’s Harry McCracken wonders if that dock isn’t a wireless one.

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