Report: Apple to Unveil iPad Mini in October
Could Apple be prepping two new products for the end of 2012?
Apple's iPhone 5 is rumored to be launching in the next couple of weeks. As iPhone 5 talk heats up, less attention has been afforded to the other as-yet-unconfirmed mobile device from Apple. For months the tech world has been talking about the possibility that Apple would launch a smaller version of its hugely successful iPad tablet. Dubbed iPad Mini, rumors of this small tablet have been doing the rounds since well before the unveiling of iPad 3 at the beginning of the year.
Though it's been largely focused on iPhone 5 over the last few weeks, the rumor mill today churned out a new tidbit of information regarding the slate. According to AllThingsD, Apple plans to announce the new iPhone in early September and then hold a separate event for the iPad Mini. ATD's cites several sources say this event is currently scheduled for October.
Of course, Apple is not commenting on the rumors, and considering it has yet to confirm the much talked about but still unconfirmed September 12 iPhone 5 event, we doubt the invitations for this October event will go out anytime soon. Still, from previous rumors, we do know that the display for the iPad Mini is going to be roughly seven inches, which would put Apple in direct competition with the likes of the Kindle Fire, the Nexus 7, and to a lesser extent the 5.3-inch Galaxy Note.

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The sad part is it will not matter the Nexus 7 and Galaxy Tab 7 where out first. I still wonder how much pressure Apple put on the state of California to make sure the jury ruled in there favor.
The above is speculation but hey when your as rotten a company as apple then its to be expected. All the Apple lovers out there I got one question before you down rate my post. Name one item Apple really invited?
Not something they stole not something they copied, not something they bought the company who designed it out after the fact. Something they truly 100% came up for in house.
I think they really invited the iPhone. ...and it came and brought a host of friends with it.
Unless like a bazillion people agree with you Apple won't even notice because they'll still be making like a gazillion trazillion dollars.
I am sorry the iPhone is basically a touch screen phone or a Smart Phone depending on how you wanna spin it.
They where not the first company to make a touch screen phone. Unless Steve Job's some how invited a time machine and was able to travel back in time invent the Iphone in 1994 then magically bring it to the present.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-29/before-iphone-and-android-came-simon-the-first-smartphone
This would be the first touch screen smart phone.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-29/before-iphone-and-android-came-simon-the-first-smartphone
Before a Apple fan boy says the Ipod
I submit this to you
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_Kramer
stealing is wrong? who got the notification bar first??