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Last updated: Monday, January 25, 2010

It may not be in the same category as proof that aliens are visiting Earth, but it’s probably the next best thing. On Sunday, a company named Flurry Analytics said it has proof that about five dozen devices matching “the characteristics of Apple’s rumored tablet device” are being tested on the company’s Cupertino, Calif., campus. Flurry tracks the use of third-party applications on portable devices, and uses that information to calculate the numbers of a given model. Recently, Flurry announced that its tracking technology revealed Google had sold 20,000 units of its Android-based Nexus One smartphone in the first week, a number that some observers took as impressive, and others said was not so good. Google has not confirmed sales figures. Testing ‘Increased Dramatically’ Flurry said it was able to “reliably ‘place’” the Apple devices geographically on Apple’s campus, and was thus able to infer that Apple is testing prerelease devices. According to Flurry, the testing began in October and has “increased dramatically” this month. On Wednesday, Apple will make a presentation in San Francisco, although the invitation has said only “Come see our latest creation.” After years of speculation about Apple’s development of a tablet computer, many industry observers believe a tablet will be the central focus of the event. Assuming Apple does release a tablet this week, a key question has been the operating system. If it is a version of the iPhone OS, then applications for that device will also work on the tablet, and the tablet will be seen as an extension of the iPhone/iPod product line rather than a totally new device. Currently, there are more than 130,000 applications in Apple’s App Store. Flurry related that its analysis shows the devices are running the iPhone/iPod OS 3.2, which has not yet been released. Currently, the latest released OS for those devices…

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Flurry Analytics Detects ‘Proof’ of Apple Tablet Testing

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