Despite rumors that Apple was gearing up to launch some sort of OS X running iTablet before year’s end, word comes to us from John Gruber and Jim Dalrymple who say the device will not hit store shelves until 2010.

Below is a quote from Dalrymple discussing the matter:

Very reliable sources familiar with the product have said speculation of the tablet being introduced during the September event are flat out wrong. The Apple tablet, they said, would not see the light of day until the first part of 2010.

The event in September will be focused on music, which means we could see new iPods and perhaps some updates to iTunes. The tablet computer will not even be mentioned as part of the event, my sources said.

So, even if we don’t see the device until 2010, that doesn’t mean there is absolutely no chance that we will hear about it next month at that rumored Apple event.

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