Apple Inc will host a special event on Jan. 27 where it is widely expected to unveil its tablet computer, as the company looks to extend its hot hand into a brand new product category. The event next week is shaping up asApple ’s most eagerly anticipated product launch since the iPhone three years ago. The company has never acknowledged the existence of the tablet, but rumors and speculation have been building for months.

Although few details about the tablet are known for certain, the .........

Apple Inc is set to announce a new tablet device later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, as anticipation builds about what could be the company’s biggest product launch since the iPhone.

Apple plans to ship a multimedia tablet with a 10- to 11-inch touchscreen in March, the report said, citing people briefed by the company. Although analysts and media reports have been speculating for months that Apple planned to unveil a tablet in the first half of 2010, Apple has never confirmed it was working .........