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Another day, another rumor about the “impending” Apple Tablet. Today, the internet was on fire with talk about a leaked picture of what could be the SIM card tray for the rumored Apple Tablet. And if that wasn’t quite enough to get you to stop yawning, Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, made a not-so-off-the-record speech about the New York Times’ web presence. In that speech, he made reference to an Apple Tablet as if he knows something we don’t know. I’m not convinced.

Yes, you could say I’m one of those fanboys who’s always ready to talk about and spread the latest Apple rumors. But Today is different.  ctually, it isn’t. More rumors about products we’re yet to see. Did I find the picture above interesting enough to talk about it? Sure. But does anyone really care what the SIM card tray of the iPhone 4G or Apple Tablet looks like? No. In fact, I’d be much more interested to find out about a network free Apple Tablet. I just can’t bring myself to sign another contract with the Devil AT&T. I’ll go ahead and speculate that there will be such a Tablet. There’s an iPod touch for the very same reason.

And then there was the video with Bill Keller. Honestly, it’s not worth watching. Here’s what he said.

“I’m hoping we can get the newsroom more actively involved in the challenge of delivering our best journalism in the form of Times Reader, iPhone apps, WAP, or the impending Apple slate, or whatever comes after that.”

He made the minor reference to our beloved/non-existent device without any sort of enthusiasm or secrecy. I really think that he was doing what any of us would do in normal off-the-record conversation, which is talk about these sorts of rumors assuming that they will become truth at some point. It’s possible that he has some inside information, but Today’s revelation was not exactly something we didn’t already know. If Apple isn’t currently making a Tablet or slate device, they’re letting potential revenue just sit in our pockets, and that’s not the way Jobs became the 43rd richest American now is it?

So at the end of the day, I hope that the SIM card tray picture made your day.  And I hope that Keller’s “slip” put a smile on your face.  I’m very sure we’ll see this Apple Tablet at some point, but that day is not Today.  No, you won’t even see a decent leaked image, just a SIM card tray.  Sorry.