Hasta La Gadget!

Officials from France Telecom/Orange are insisting that an interview in which executive Stephane Richard seemingly confirmed that the rumored Apple tablet exists and will have a webcam was taken out of context.

“These responses in no way reflect Orange’s confirmation of the existence of the rumored device,” Orange said in a statement provided to PaidContent. “The spokesperson was merely confirming that he is aware of the speculation surrounding a launch and that Orange would be delighted to have such a product were it ever to be available.”

A video of the interview (above) – conducted in French – has been posted online. The subject of a webcam is first brought up by the interviewer who says, “According to the weekly Le Point, your partner Apple will launch a tablet equipped with a webcam.”

“Yes,” Richard responded, according to a translated transcript posted by Engadget.