Apple's Tablet Confirmed in Australia

Although we’d like to see Apple’s tablet emerge by the end of the year that will certainly not happen. Phil Shiller, Apple’s senior vice president has confirmed that the company will not introduce any new product this year. The refreshed Macs we’ve seen last week are supposed to be the last new products to be launched by Apple in 2009

But that doesn’t mean that we won’t have more and more Apple tablet rumors. After we’ve seen the tablet confirmed by the New York Times, now we hear that Australian media companies are talking to Apple about the upcoming tablet. The Sydney Morning Herald confirmed the fact that various Australian media companies have received the specs of Apple’s new toy, but, as you can expect, none of them has been willing to reveal any details about it.

As before we heard that the tablet is “tipped to be a larger version of the iPhone.” The tablet will act both as an eReader but also as a media-centric device and we’re hoping to see it in action as soon as January 2010. 

We’re not done with rumors and suppositions regarding the tablet. In fact, we have spotted the next iPhone 4 generation SIM card tray. What does it have to do with the tablet you ask? The new SIM tray is larger than the usual iPhone tray and could very well be used in a larger GSM device like the tablet. Furthermore the new tray will be available from Foxconn which happens to be the rumored manufacturer of the Apple tablet. Talk about coincidences!

If the SIM card tray is not meant to be used by the tablet then the rumor is still hot. The tray is the second rumor about the iPhone 4th generation to leak out. The previous rumor implied that Apple will launch an LTE iPhone next year from Verizon.

We have ten months to go until Apple launches a new iPhone version so it’s a little too early for iPhone rumors. But the tablet should be launched in about two months so if you happen to stumble upon hot Apple tablet news make sure you drop us a line too.