Apple confirms January 27 launch event

Ahhhh, now we’re going somewhere with all this hype. Apple has finally announced that it is launching… errr, something this January 27. As to what it is launching, we’ll have to wait a little bit more. Apple is inviting people to come see it’s “latest creation”. Found this at CNET.com:

The Apple event invite as sent to CNET

Apple has formally announced a special event for Wednesday, January 27, in San Francisco to reveal to the public its “latest creation.”

Whether the company will open the curtains on a tablet, slate, big iPod Touch, or a bit of all three, invited guests will find out for sure at the 10 a.m. event to be held at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater.

With the invite teasing people to “Come see our latest creation,” no one knows for sure exactly what Apple has up its sleeve. But the rumor mill has been busy speculating on some type of tablet device that would let people surf the Net, watch movies, read e-books, and probably perform other tricks conjured up by the mind of Steve Jobs.

Read the full article here at CNET.com.

Much ado has been made about Apple’s tablet, and we recently talked about that as well. This is the gadget that will herald the death of the netbook, this is the gadget that will push Apple to the top in the coming years. Are we at last going to have Apple’s tablet available?

The Nth Apple Tablet artist's rendition we're showing you

Watch this space, because darnit, we here at MacPCWiz will be watching with you as well.