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At 6pm UK time, 10am Pacific time, Steve Jobs will make the hearts of nerds around the world beat faster by revealing Apple's latest mystery object.

But what is it?

"Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know."

Former US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld said this about intelligence relating to weapons of mass destruction in Saddam Hussein's Iraq, but if we were to transplant him in a time machine from 2003 to today he could just as easily be talking about the Apple tablet, which Steve Jobs will almost certainly be revealing tonight.

There's only one known known: we'll know at 6pm.

There are dozens of known unknowns, which you can read about on Pocket Gamer.

As for the unknowns unknowns: we don't know.

Meet us back here at 6pm GMT to follow Apple's presentation as it unfolds. While we do have a man on the inside in the shape of Tracy Erickson, we'll be basing this liveblog on the collated output of Engadget, Gizmodo, Arstechnica, Kotaku.

1933. That's it. I'm off to get hands on time with iPad. 1921. Accessories include a regular dock, keyboard dock. That keyboard dock sounds prime for use in shooters. 1920. Wi-fi models shipping in 60 days, 3G versions in 90 days. 1919. 16GB at $499; 32GB at $599; 64 at $699. 3G configurations add $130 to cost. 1917. iPad: $499. 1915. 3G models of iPad unlocked allowing immediate activation with carrier of choice in UK and Europe upon US launch. Apple in negotiations with UK and European carriers for deals expected to be finished in June. 1914. No contract required. No in-store activation necessary. 1913. Configurations of iPad will support 3G, all will have wi-fi. In the US, two plans: 250MB data rate for $14.99 per month and unlimited data for $29.99. 1912. Jobs is back talking about syncing. USB cable used to sync iPad with iTunes on your computer. 1905. Apps are saved to the home page, just like your iPhone or iPod touch. I'd like to see folders for organising apps. That would be great for organising your games into a common folder and prevent the home screen(s) from filling up when you start downloading games like mad. 1902. How much is this thing? When can we expect iPad in Apple stores? So many questions remain! 1859. Jobs is segueing to productivity application suite iWork. All I can think about is whether EA and Gameloft have their games playable after the presentation. 1856. Okay, not really, I'm sad there aren't more game demos. 1854. Apple announces first-party game Amazon Kindle Killer. It's a first-person shooter. You buy games on iPad instead of Kindle. Graphics kinda suck, but the writing's awesome. 1853. Yep, no more games. Jobs is talking about e-reader app for iPad called iBook. He flipped through the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's memoir True Compass. Very fitting. 1852. I think that's it for games. Seems like more of a tech demo than any big new title announcements. Apple clearly didn't provide a lot of time for game developers to build anything new. 1851. Boatman promises more iPad games from EA later this year. 1850. Have to say that Need for Speed: Shift looked like it ran faster, smoother than N.O.V.A. 1849. There's an on-screen gear shift, tap the rearview mirror to look behind your car. 1848. "It's like holding a high definition screen just inches from your face." 1847. Travis Boatman from EA is now on stage to demo Need for Speed: Shift. Looks pretty good. 1845. I'm going to stop typing my name since you know it's me. More app demos, though non-gaming. I know, right? 1843. Tracy - There was a brief shot of the App Store running on iPad and caught entries for Tetris, Cooking Mama. 1841. Tracy - I'm not super convinced the iPad tweaks to N.O.V.A. make it a better game, just slightly different. The modifications don't fundamentally change the game, which is probably good given that we scored it highly. 1840. Tracy - "See more of N.O.V.A. iPad enhancements when it's available later this year." 1839. Tracy - He's showing off interface customisability: multi-touch on mini-map, moving around buttons. New multi-touch lock mechanisms on doors. 1838. Tracy - Gameloft's Mark Hickey takes the stage to demonstrate tweaks to N.O.V.A. 1837. Tracy - "We think it's going to be another gold rush for developers" says Scott Forstall. 1835. Tracy - Not so sure about the gameplay quality (review is in the works), but the upscaling was good. 1832. Tracy - Apps can run in native resolution in black box on iPad or scaled up full-screen. iPad doubles the number of pixels in the app. Demo of already available X Games SnoCross running in black box and full screen. 1831. Tracy - Hmmm, no mention of a separate graphics processing unit; would be best for gaming. 1830. Tracy - Jobs claims a whopping 10 hours of battery life; a month of standby time. 1828. Tracy - 9.7-inch IPS display, 0.5-inch thick, 1.5 pounds in weight. 1GHz process with up to 64GB flash drive configurations. 1828. Tracy - Sorry, I was waiting for the popcorn vender to pass by while Jobs showed off Star Trek and Up running on iPad. 1823. Tracy - iPad has a map app. I suppose it runs from web data, not GPS. Possible implementation in games? Ghosts Attack for iPad? 1820. Tracy - Jobs is geeking out on the photo manager. Looks great, but let's get to the good stuff: games. Spoke with Gameloft CEO earlier, saw ngmoco's Neil Young and EA executives outside, so I know there's games coming. 1818. Tracy - Nice shot of the software keyboard. Jobs is writing out a quick e-mail. Looks like a virtual version of the Mac keyboard. 1817. Tracy - "I can zip around touching pictures and animals." Go get 'em, Steve. 1815. Tracy - A Flash embedded video didn't load in the demo. Looks like no Flash support for iPad. 1814. Tracy - Jobs is getting comfy in a black leather chair with his new iPad. He's viewing the New York Times. 1812. Tracy - Jobs is showing off web browsing, music, photos, and e-mail functionality of iPad. Yeah, yeah, get to the games!!! 1811. He's got it out! It's called the iPad, which sounds rather like a sanitary product. So much for the iSlate section. 1809. "Is there room for something between an iPhone and a laptop?" Let's hope so. 1808. Cracks the NYT joke about the last time there being this much hype about a tablet it being something or other biblical. Hiliarious. 1805. 140,000 apps on the App Store. 3 billion downloads. Surely this is just showing off. 1803. Steve! "We sold 250 million iPods" (Applause). "We've had 50 million visitors to our stores" (Applause). And so on. 1800. In California a millionaire prepares to change the world. In England an impoverished journalist slouches over a keyboard, eating yoghurt. 1754. Celebrities other bloggers have spotted so far: Al Gore and Stephen Fry. 1748. Tracy may be able to do the liveblog after all. The tension is unbearable.