Axiotron Modbook is Back?

Axiotron Modbook is Back?

http://www.macrumors.com/2012/06/28/new-pen-based-modbook-pro-tablet-launching-in-early-fall/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiotron_Modbook

http://www.macprices.net/2012/10/05/the-modbook-mac-os-x-tablet-is-back-but-itll-cost-you-3000-more-than-a-new-ipad/

http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/30/pre.orders.set.to.start.october.3rd/

Do any of you know about this device? I saw at least two of them in San Francisco, at Borders Books, in 2009, in use by a customer working on art.

Later, out of curiosity, I surfed the Net for info. Reportedly, the modder/reseller had supply issues. I always suspected the modifier irked Apple by preempting them or dangerously pre-leaking the not yet heard of iPad, and I sometimes suspected that Apple paid him off to go away for a while.

Now, it is back, and his prices are steep. I wonder whether time away and high pricing on return were conditions for averting being nuked by Apple. (Yes, I KNOW it sounds conspiracy theory in nature...)

Also, see these:

"By Apple's logic, Galaxy should cost $2 mil."

http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2012/10/133_122936.html

"Apple fires Korea's country head"

http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2012/10/133_122936.html