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BREAKING: The Last, Probably Real Photo of the Tablet

Some weird things happened tonight. If you’ve been following @Jason on Twitter you might have noticed that he posted a lot of tweets regarding the Tablet, saying that he’s been under NDA until midnight, but that the agreement was over and he could talk. Unfortunately he didn’t post any pic. But checking Jason’s timeline I noticed he was talking with @MattPRD about tablet upgrades, builds and apps: specific stuff.

Here are some tweets:

“@Jason DM me your Apple ID. I want to test the Tablet’s video conferencing.” Link

“@Jason No? Does Chess come native in the upgrade? I want them to unlock the store so I can get the Ustream Broadcaster.” Link

“@MattPRD I got chess in build 1.02b – did u upgrade?” Link


Turns out this Matt Schlicht guy (@MattPRD) was in the same “beta testing” group of @Jason, and he has been testing the device for the device. And tonight he posted a photo of the tablet saying:

“It’s past midnight, no longer under NDA. Had an amazing video chat with @Jason via Apple Tablet.” Link


What really makes me think is that these two people are well known enterpreneurs, so I don’t see the reason they should be creating fake rumors and photos.

But at least, this time we’ve got 4 hours left to find out the truth.

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