We’re just a day away from getting a look at Apple’s tablet and the brass is as excited as anyone. More quotes from Jobs and his cronies have surfaced, which serve only to build the hype around still rumored device.

The quotes come from the press release regarding Apple’s Q1 earnings, a whopping $3.38b in profits. In the press release, Jobs was quoted for the following: “The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.” It’s an odd thing to say about a quarter’s earnings in which the rumored device played no role. Obviously this thing is going to be big.

Apple COO Tim Cook was asked directly about the product unveiling during the earnings conference call, to which he said, “I wouldn’t want to take away your joy of surprise on Wednesday when you see our latest creation.”

The thing to take away from all of this is that Apple is excited, seriously excited from the top down, so much so that they can’t even keep from talking about it when it hasn’t been released.

After six months off due to a couple medical conditions, Steve Jobs is back at the helm of his beloved Apple. The company announced today that Jobs is back at work several days a week and will work the others from home.

Obviously you’ve heard every twist and turn of the Jobs health rumor mill, but fret no more, at least for a bit. That Steve’s back to work means he’s made significant leaps since his liver transplant, and hopefully we won’t have to hear much more bad news from Cupertino (at least as far as Jobs health is concerned).

Though Apple stock has been effected in the past, this latest news in California had no effect on company shares. Investment analysts attribute the change to investors getting more comfortable with other people running Apple. It probably helps to see that Tim Cook can sell a million iPhones in a weekend.