The fact that the Apple Tablet hardware is one of the highlights of 2010 is now notorious skeptics doubted myself do not really – even though Apple itself had never even discussed working on such a product. But all that changed now.

The News York Times quotes unnamed namely, two employees from Cupertino with very clear statements about the ominous device. An Apple employee told the newspaper: “You will be surprised at how you interact with your new tablet. Another insider even talking about Steve Jobs’ attitude toward the touch-screen Mac: “I can not reveal much, but we say it like this: Steve is extremely happy with the new tablet.

Could be resolved that all rumors about the hardware probably the worst-kept secret of the year 2009 already in January 2010, also indicates a company of Apple: The software and hardware company has for 26 January, a stage in the “Yerba Buena Center for the Arts” reserved in San Francisco. In addition, many developers were apparently popular iPhone Apps contacted and asked to prepare resolution-independent versions of their programs for a special presentation.

iSlate available from March?
Apart from all these indicators point to a presentation of the tablet in late January, it looks like all the sources but also in another punk t seem united: For retail, the Holy Grail among the gadgets will probably be available in March at the earliest.

Meanwhile, the product description seems to be leaked to the Tablet: In 2007 an unknown person secured the domain iSlate.com – and by updating the WHOIS record is now known that the person behind the company “Apple Inc.” from Cupertino, puts the state of Californians. This coincides with a presentation of the chief editor of the New York Times, which in October Apple Slate is mentioned.

How much the Apple Tablet might change the media consumption, demonstrated the Sports Illustrated in a video that shows their vision of an issue of the journal for the iTablet: