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<\/div>\n <\/span> According John Paczkowski over at All Things D<\/em>, Apple is planning a “major product announcement<\/a>” for Wednesday, January 27th — not the 26th as we’ve heard<\/a> in previous reports. Additionally, the French site Mac4Ever<\/em> says developers have been given a beta of the iPhone OS 4 SDK which includes a “simulator” for reformatting \/ scaling applications to a new, tablet-sized screens. Here at Engadget, we can confirm that sources very<\/em> familiar with the situation over in Cupertino have been given info about a tablet heading for launch at the end of January, which will — in fact — require reformatting and resizing for (we assume)… yep, its new screen size and resolution<\/em>. As far as details, they’re pretty scarce right now, but you can probably begin preliminary salivating and \/ or player hatin’ as it relates to new Apple hardware. We’ll have more info as it becomes available, but for now, stay tuned.<\/p>\n Update<\/strong>: The Wall Street Journal<\/a> just added its support for the rumor by saying that Apple will unveil its “new multimedia tablet device later this month” with a “10- to 11-inch touch screen” with plans to ship it in March. The WSJ’s sources claim that Apple believes it can “redefine the way consumers interact with a variety of content” as we’ve been hearing all along. [Thanks, David]<\/p>\n ‘Major’ Apple announcement coming January 27th, devs already working with beta SDK (update: shipping in March)<\/a> originally appeared on Engadget<\/a> on Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n Permalink<\/a> | Buy This Item: [Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/h6>\n
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