Apple is expected to use the venue to make a major product announcement on
Tuesday, January 26th. Both YBCA and Apple declined to comment.
The company most recently used the YBCA stage in September, when chief
executive Steve Jobs made his first public appearance after a medical leave
and showed off new iPods.
Speculation that Apple is preparing to introduce a new tablet style computer
has been building all year, and other reports now suggest the tablet will
make its debut in January.
Tablet
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster today speculated that an event was
imminent. “We believe there is a 75 per cent likelihood that Apple will have
an event in January and a 50 per cent chance that it will be held to launch
the Apple Tablet,” he wrote in a new research note. “If Apple announced the
Tablet in January, it would likely ship later in the March quarter.”
It is still unclear exactly what an Apple tablet would include, but most
observers expect a sort of large-scale iPhone that has additional features
for viewing video and reading books and magazines.
Yesterday we reported that Apple is working to solidify a new round of content
deals with TV studios. Meanwhile, publishers have been working on new
versions of digital magazines that would be viewed on touch screen computers.
Apple
Apple has explored making tablet style devices for years, only to back off.
The company also has a history of scrapping products very close to their
scheduled launch dates.
But momentum around the tablet has been building solidly. And Apple has
refreshed its iPhone, iPod and computer lines within the last year, another
indication that the January announcement will be for a new product.
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