So, "the device will have a 9.7-inch touchscreen, reports InfoTimes, and three Taiwanese gadget manufacturers–Foxconn, Wintek and Dynapack–have received orders for different components of the tablet."

Maybe so. But the source of the "translated from the Mandarin allegations about orders to the thee manufacturers is MacRumor forums:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=8071477#post807... | YMMV.