Gawker Media is taking checkbook gadget journalism to a new level. It's offering up a hundred grand to anyone that can get it access of the Apple tablet.

Here's how it breaks out:

$10,000 for bona fide pictures

$20,000 for video of one in action

$50,000 for pictures or video of Steve Jobs holding one

$100,000 to let us play with one for an hour

The scavenger hunt lasts until the tablet is officially unveiled, which should happen on January 27. Gawker promises it will go to "spycraft-level lengths to prevent anything being traced back to you."

No photoshopped phonies will be accepted, and Gawker is the final arbiter.

Apple should surreptiously send them a tablet to play with for an hour. It would be a nice first sale for the tablet, and it would generate a healthy amount of buzz.