Hallelujah for that !
I don't know if questions are allowed at such events but if they are, yes, someone has to have the balls to ask about it. I wonder what answer they could come up with after several months of complete silence.
Someone asked Tim Cook during the conference call back in January (1 day before the iPad announcement) if it was true that they were going to release an iPad/Tablet the next day based on higher R&D budget for that previous quarter. I don't have a direct quote, but he said that Steve Jobs was very excited about the upcoming event and that he didn't want to spoil our surprise, so to wait and see.
the point is, as long as the questions asked have a finical point of view (sales/R&D cost/manufacturing cost, etc...), then any question can be asked.
And yes, I am hoping someone can find a good way to re-word the question and ask it during the Q&A portion of the call.