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• It's the iPad

  Apple CEO Steve Jobs today unveiled the iPad, calling the tablet a "magical and revolutionary" addition to the company's existing lines of Macs, iPods and the iPhone.

• News Leak Confirms Apple Tablet Will Run iPhone OS

  A report on news network CNBC confirmed this Tuesday that Apple's highly anticipated and long rumored tablet will be shown tomorrow.

• Apple tablet unlikely to be B2B-ready, says vendor

  Tablet computers preceding Apple's expected tablet may have been a dud with consumers, but they have actually made some inroads in industries such as health care, construction and field service.

• Apple Tablet not necessarily on Verizon Wireless, analysts say.

  An Apple tablet computer, expected to be introduced next week, will run on both AT&T and Verizon Wireless 3G networks, but two industry sources warned today to not assume Verizon is on board.

• What is the worst name you have heard for the impending Apple device announcement?

  The news that Apple will announce something on January 27 has sent many into a naming game frenzy.

• Apple tablet due Jan. 27, maybe iPhone 4.0

  With Apple's tablet now assigned a formal due date--January 27--the speculation has started to be reeled in, with the device now sounding more like what it first it sounded like: A giant iPod touch.

• Report: Apple in talks with publisher on tablet e-books

  Apple is in talks with HarperCollins Publishers about offering e-books for the upcoming Apple tablet device, a news report said late Monday.

• Apple sets Jan. 27 event to show 'our next creation'

  Apple Inc. on Monday sent out invitations to journalists inviting them to a Jan. 27 press event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco -- a move sure to fuel growing speculation about the prospect of an Apple tablet.

• Gag prize awarded in Apple Tablet scavenger hunt

  Technology blog Valleywag says it has a winner in its Apple Tablet scavenger hunt offering prizes to anyone who can provide proof the mythical device exists. And the winner is: Apple? That's right; Gawker Media's tech blog is awarding a prize to Apple attorney Michael Spillner of the law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe for "proving" the existence of Apple's Tablet. What was the evidence Spillner sent over? A cease-and-desist letter addressed to Valleywag's Editor-in-Chief demanding an end to the scavenger hunt.

• Report: Apple may ship new tablet device in March

  Apple may ship its much awaited multimedia tablet device in March, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Monday.

• More reports claim Apple Tablet coming on January 26

  Speculation continues to rev up that the mysterious Apple tablet is coming soon. More reports are saying that the Cupertino company has planned a "big" event for January 26th, and all signs point to the event as a launch for the mythical Apple tablet.

• Jobs to unveil Apple tablet next month, ex-Google exec says

  Steve Jobs plans to unveil Apple's much-hyped but still unconfirmed tablet device next month, and it will come with 3D graphics and a price tag below US$1000, according to former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee.

• Apple tablet could attract business users

  Apple's presumed tablet computer may be more than a breakthrough consumer device. It may also - finally - make tablets a standard part of the business computing arsenal.