That September Apple Tablet? More Like A 2010 Apple Tablet.

At that point, it seems like society are just talking themselves in a circle about the rumored Apple Tablet. Everyone is so excited for it, not matter what it actually is, that they’re starting to convince themselves that it could drop as soon as next month. Rumors of that instance started after an all-over-the-place report last month by the Financial Times, that seemed to propose the tablet was both being prepared for September, and for the latter holiday season at the same instance. As we said at the time, it seems unlikely that either are true.

And today brings more society backing that up. Sources tell The Loop that the 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 dependable 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 nearly assured there’s no tablet coming that year. It’s a

2010 thing,” writes John Gruber, who plus 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 construct there, like the “Cocktail” project, iTunes 9 and entirely new iPod touches.

Instead, I’d bet on Apple doing another special event in the first quarter of 2010, focused around that new device and possibly previewing the iPhone 4.0 SDK which that thing may have something to do with (just a guess there). Remember, Apple isn’t doing Macworld that year, so it doesn’t necessarily even have to be in January, but rather they’ll wait until they’ve perfected it. Whatever it is.

[photo via Gizmodo]

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