Apple Tablet Release Date Is January 27; Verizon Preparing For Wednesday

Moments ago Apple posted its quarterly financial earnings and we’ve noticed another revenue record of the Redmond-based company. iPhone sales went up, Mac sales went up, and even though iPod sales were down 8%, Apple still managed to sell 21 million iPods in one quarter, but nothing unusual so far. However, Steve Jobs took his time and simply confirmed the Apple Tablet. How? Well, by releasing this statement:

“The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.”

Although there is nothing “that” new, we have an official confirmation that Apple will release new products this year and we’re thinking about the next-gen iPhone, new iPods, new MacBooks, and new Macs among others. According to Jobs, the first product will be released this week and it’s a “major new product,” so that’s something that currently doesn’t exist in the Apple lineup: the tablet, probably called iSlate or iTablet or iPad.

Jobs’ statement came with an incredible timing as rumors are circling around saying that Verizon is preparing its managers for Wednesday. Why? Because “Wednesday is a big day.” Like said: timing is killer here. I simply cannot wait for January 27th to come. Will the Apple Tablet be subsidized by the Big Red? It sure looks this way! Now we have to wait, but if more details show up, we’ll let you know about it so stay tuned!

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