More Apple Tablet Rumors Surface

Another rumor has leaked out today about the Apple tablet. According to AppleInsider, "Apple has placed mass orders for 10-inch displays as well as strong glass panels and connectors to go with them, according to two separate reports out of the Far East that peg the components for the company's much-anticipated tablet device."

This comes on the heels of last week's big rumor that Apple booked a space (the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts) in San Francisco for late January (Tuesday, January 26, to be specific) for an "unknown event," leading to all sorts of speculation about that being the time that Steve Jobs (or whomever Apple chooses) will pull back the curtain and reveal Apple's next game-changer.

And what is the Apple tablet, you wonder? Well, it's hard to say at this point, since it hasn't come out and Apple is notoriously tight-lipped about, well, everything. The best guesses I've been reading say it looks like a big version of the iPod Touch (you can see an artist rendering here) and that it's a touchscreen laptop. (And, yes, the photo we've used is one person's concept of what it could look like.)

It's apparently been in the works for more than four years, according to AppleInsider, and MacRumors speculates that the name of the device could be "iSlate." Other rumors include a 10-inch screen, the device being 3G-enabled and it having a touchscreen that would include "tactile feedback for a keyboard."

Whatever it's going to be, I think I can safely say what most of you are thinking: We just want to get our hands on it so we can say we have the newest and coolest toy out there. You know, no pressure or anything, Apple.

Photo courtesy of Photo Giddy, via Flickr