No Apple Tablet Till 2010, Say Sources [Rumors]

Get your suicide pills ready, because there may not be an Apple tablet in 2009. That’s what Apple mavens John Gruber and Jim Dalrymple’s “very reliable sources” are saying: No tablet till 2010.

Jim Dalrymple says:

Very reliable sources familiar with the product have said speculation of the tablet being introduced during the September event are flat out wrong. The Apple tablet, they said, would not see the light of day until the first part of 2010.

The event in September will be focused on music, which means we could see new iPods and perhaps some updates to iTunes. The tablet computer will not even be mentioned as part of the event, my sources said.

While in response to Brian’s account on the conversation with someone claiming to be in the know, Gruber has this to say:

I’m almost certain there’s no tablet coming this year. It’s a 2010 thing.

Both seem adamant about it. Unlike the usual rumor sites—who are a random hit-or-miss most of the time—Gruber has an almost perfect track record when it comes to breaking news about upcoming Apple products, usually right before an event.

Still, the truth is that very little is known about Apple’s super-secret new products outside of a handful in the Cupertino campus. And while that handful may spill at some point, the information is usually vague until very close the release date. In other words: While the sources pointing to a 2009 Apple tablet release may be wrong, Gruber and Dalrymple may be wrong too.

Heck, for all we know, everyone may be wrong, and this whole tablet thing may end being a just a wet dream. Or maybe everyone is partly right, and there will be a September announcement and the tablet will be available sometime in 2010, similarly to what happened with the iPhone. That will give time to iPhone app developers to prepare their software for the new format.

I don’t know. I don’t give a damn. I just want someone to give me the damn thing already. In the meantime, we are taking the Apple tablet meter 20% down. [Loop Insight and Daring Fireball]





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