Happy new year everybody, and here’s an unexpected treat:

Previously I blogged about the rumored Apple tablet and how it may look.

A friend of mine (@thomasdavies) has just tweeted that Apple will announce new products on January 27th 2010 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

This could be where we get introduced to the Apple tablet amongst other products.

Other similar devises that have launched recently include the Joo Joo (previously the CrunchPad) – which costs around £300 ($500).

I predict the Apple tablet could cost in the range of £750-£1,000 ($1,200-$1,600).

I’ll keep you posted as the news unfolds, in the meantime – please subscribe to my new monthly e-mail newsletter which includes popular and guest posts, research and ebooks. (Link on the right).

Breaking new almost confirm it’s existence: “It’s just about confirmed now: Google will sell its own phone, built by HTC and named the Nexus One” reported by social media blog Mashable.

Twitter user GreatWhiteSnark has described Google’s new elusive venture into manufacturing their own mobile phone as: “…A sexy beast. Like an iPhone on beautifying steroids.”

This sort of venture, where a company like Google team up with a manufacturer like HTC and slap on their logo, isn’t the first type we’ve heard of, Microsoft did the same thing with their first Zunes, which were built by Toshiba.

I’m pretty glad I’ve held back on upgrading my iPhone with O2 a few months back, this could make me jump? But then again, when will it even hit the UK?

If this sort of lawsuit is successful, could this damage any chance of such product launching?

Via Mashable.