Gruber's take on the Tablet is an interesting one. His real information is limited but he does offer this:
Here’s the thimbleful of information I have heard regarding The Tablet (none of which has changed in six months): The Tablet project is real, it has you-know-who’s considerable undivided attention, and everyone working on it has dropped off the map. I don’t know anyone who works at Apple who doubts these things; nor do I know anyone at Apple who knows a whit more. I don’t know anyone who’s seen the hardware or the software, nor even anyone who knows someone else who has seen the hardware or software. The cone of silence surrounding the project is, so far as I can tell, complete.
And skipping over the rehashes, he eventually journeys to say:
'I say they’re swinging big — redefining the experience of personal computing I think The Tablet is nothing short of A