Retail employees at Apple were asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement in anticipation of an all-hands meeting later in the week, possibly before an upcoming media event, according to AppleInsider. Employees who didn't sign the agreement were – of course – to be excluded from the meeting. There could be two products behind this meeting – a new MacBook Pro or the next-generation of the iPad. But the new lineup of MacBook Pro notebooks is expected to be released this Thursday on the very birthday of Steve Jobs. So the only option left is the iPad 2, an announcement well worth of media attention.
This would prove wrong recent rumors about the delay of the next-gen iPad, but would match Apple's strict one year product cycle. It was around this time of the year in 2010 when Apple announced its revolutionary new iPad. So even though this is still just a rumor, you might want to wait up just one more week before getting a new tablet - could be well worth it.