FT.com Tech blog written by David Gelles writes that Apple has rented stage time at the Yerba Beuna Center in San Francisco next month. The building which is often home to Apple special events has reportedly been hired about on Tuesday, January 26 2010.

The rumour comes just hours after reports suggested that Apple’s long fabled tablet could make an appearance in January. The same reports suggesting that the touchscreen tablet will have a 7-inch display.

Adding to the rumours, Silicon Alley Insider reports that Apple has approached several iPhone app developers to prepare a demo of apps to run in “full screen mode” next month. The source stated to Silicon Alley Insider that “as long as [developers] build their apps to support full screen resolution — rather than a fixed 320×480 — their apps should run just fine”.

As with previous sources Silicon Alley Insider notes that the January event will only hold a demo of the tablet which will be released later in the year.