It’s 2010 already and the Apple Tablet, lately called iSlate (confirmed iPad) is nowhere to be seen. Rumors are accentuating, everybody says something about it but no one really know what the truth is (ok, maybe excepting Steve Jobs). So I believe is the perfect time to draw the line and see what we know now about the tablet that is set to revolutionize the way we do things online for pleasure. So with no further due let’s see the list of things people speculated around the web about the Apple iSlate/iPad touch tablet device:

    • it’s coming this March, almost two months later from the official announcement, expected in the second part of January, on 26th on a special arts center already rented by Apple – WSJ says so
    • Lee Kai-fu, former Google executive said he has info pointing to Apple planning to sell around 10 million iSlates in the first 12 months from release and the tablet will feature a shiny new OS with tri-dimensional graphics. Looks are similar to the iPhone. The screen size will be 10.1 inch and price will hit the 1000$ barrier (don’t get fooled by the 999$ tag products usually carry).
    • the Apple Tablet was delayed because of a glass screen coating issue which required further glass strengthening, delaying the official announcement
    • the iSlate name got out to the press after discovery of the previous registration of islate.com domain name dating back to 2007. Other names were registered on non .com domains, all pointing to Apple being behind the scheme. There’s also a trademark issue in US but it seems Apple is aware of it and got the deal right.
    • and the most important thing about Apple’s iSlate tablet computer is that it already made Apple richer, without it making any announcement. Its stock already increased during the past months thanks to rumors circulating the web.
    Apple iSlate mockup design

    Apple iSlate mockup design

    Of course there are older speculation that you can read on our site, but I believe it’s enough now with all those rumors and maybe it’s time to wait for some official. Expect things to fire up this year and touch tablets to get ahead in consumer preferences as other manufactures already announced a lot of tablets (slate or no slate, keyboard or no keyboard) during CES.