Apple said goodbye to SurfaceInk after the Silicon Valley developer showed off a tablet design to some potential clients. Apple didn’t like seeing a product made by them that can be a threat for the iPad, so they decided to end their business relation with SurfaceInk. The founder and Chief Executive Eric Bauswell confirmed on Thursday that his company and Apple had “gone separate directions”. Movie of the Linux tablet created by SurfaceInk after the break.

SurfaceInk was founded in 1999, and has worked for some big brands like Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Palm.

Source [nytimes and tuaw]