APPLE will unveil a new gadget to the press on Wednesday January 27th. Although the company has remained tight-lipped about what its “latest creation” might be, the smart money is on its much-anticipated tablet computer. Mystery surrounds exactly what this new device will do, though it seems certain that it will combine an e-reader, to take on Kindle and the like, internet connectivity and a touchscreen like the iPhone. But what will Apple call the device that could change the way that newspapers, books, television and computer games are enjoyed? Paddy Power, an Irish bookmaker, is offering odds on the likely contenders with iSlate and iPad the favourites.

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