Apple ebook Tablet not ready till next year.

Tthe tablet will definitely not be a part of the September event (which is likely to focus on music and the iPod, just like all other Apple September events do). Jim Dalrymple writes:

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.

In linking to Dalrymple’s piece, Daring Fireball says basically the same thing, “I’m almost certain there’s no tablet coming this year. It’s a 2010 thing,” writes John Gruber, who also has a very good track record on these types of things.

The point is that while all indications are that a tablet (or large-form iPod touch) is coming from Apple, 2010 seems like a much more likely launch window. Apple has spent the past couple of years doing smaller, more focused events centered around specific product categories. A September event with an Apple Tablet would simply overwhelm the other announcements they plant to make there, like the “Cocktail” project, iTunes 9 and entirely new iPod touches.  Tech Crunch

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