Despite reports from multiple sources over the last few weeks insisting that Apple's media event will be held on Tuesday, January 26 a new source this week is stating that the event will instead be held on January 27.
Digital Daily concurs that the event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco with author John Paczkowski adding "So, that rumored Apple event everyone has been jawing about these past few weeks? It’s on and it’s going to be a big deal."
The event is expected to be the launch base for the long-rumoured multi-touch tablet from Apple.
Along with this weeks purported change of date the Wall Street Journal is also disputing previous details by insisting that the device will feature a 10- to 11-inch display. Adding that the announcement of the tablet will come "later this month" with shipments expected to begin before the end of March.
WSJ also expands its details claiming that Apple has begun talking to outsiders and has now been able to glean the following information from its sources:
- 10- to 11-inch colour touchscreen display.
- Will allow the watching of movies and TV shows and ability to play games, use the internet and read books and newspapers.
- Will redefine how consumers interact with multimedia offering with "integration of live up-to-the-minute information from multiple sources."
- Requotes Yair Reiner, an analyst for Oppenheimer & Co. stating a $1000 price tag.
In addition to Tablet rumours Mac4Ever is claiming that Apple will also announced iPhone SDK 4.0 beta which will include a "simulator" that will help developers with working with different screen resolutions.