Apple Tablet emits deafening buzz

12/30/09 13:56

Martin Peers of the Wall Street Journal joins the frenzied chorus by weighing in on the still-mythical Apple tablet computer: “Last time there was this much excitement about a tablet, it had some commandments written on it.”

(A good line, though not quite accurate, Biblically speaking. Israel was taken completely by surprise when Moses hosted the original tablet launch back in Exodus 32. )

Cupertino is famously no-comment on unannounced products. But to modify Peers’ analogy, we haven’t seen this much press talk about a new gizmo since just before the official announcement of the iPhone -- and we all remember how that one turned out.

It’s been almost comical to read gossipy reports that an unreleased, unannounced product has been “delayed.” And those like Peers who caution that the price of the tablet is too high -- before either the tablet or its price are actually announced -- are engaging in speculation of the most idle sort. Still, a guy’s gottta fill them column inches somehow.

Our bloated-from-the-holidays gut tells us there’s almost certainly something to all the rumors, though exactly what may come from Apple next month is impossible to know at this point. But that won’t stop the rumor mongers from mongering. (Or us for tsk-tsking them about it.) Enjoy the show, and we’ll see what pops up at Yerba Buena during the last week of January.

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