At the moment, this is still very much to be considered a rumor, but evidence is mounting that a new iPad is on the way sooner than anyone originally thought. PC World is reporting on a story by the Taiwanese newspaper, Digitimes- the same newspaper that was the first to suggest that Apple was making a tablet, and not a netbook as most others thought, long before the iPad came out.
Digitmes last week printed a story claiming that a 7-inch iPad was on the way this year.
A second report from the Taiwanese newspaper, The Economic Daily, is citing several manufacturers that are claiming to have won contracts with Apple to make components for the next iPad. Of those claiming contracts, one is Chimei Innolux, who The Economic Daily claims will be making 7-inch LCD screens to nearly the same specs as the original iPad.
There has not been any confirmation yet, nor is there likely to be any. Manufacturers that take contracts such as they run the risk of losing them, or possibly losing other business if they reveal what they are working on and break the secrecy.
So for now, this is just a rumor, albeit an interesting one.
wheres the 23 inch…set into as table?
I’ll wait till then..make do with a dell
Dell is best…. Apple goes down just for a security of Macintosh…
That would be a good size..
I want the smaller ipad on the plan of using it as a universal remote for the house. I already have slingbox so I could literally watch a football game on the tv and what ever else I want to watch on the Ipad.
I have a friend that works at an Apple store in NY. He says that there are an alarming number of people that are returning their iPads. Some are because of problems and others state that they just can't do much with it. I kinda feel that way about the iPad myself after testing one. There's several other products out there that do so much more and with a smaller price tag. Why settle for a one-trick pony when you can get a powerhouse device that is the only one you have to reach for? Check this out as well: http://bit.ly/9LvKcC
It'll have market because it's not oversized. The 10-inch Ipad really cries out for full OSX (IMO, anyway) and a bigger harddrive/etc in exchange for it's lack of portability. a 7-inch Ipad that one can stick in a cargo pocket makes a hell of a lot more sense for the IOS market.
I disagree, the screen size should not determine the OS. The applications should. The hardware on the iPad is only good enough for the type of apps that are available, it's not a full desktop OS and the iPad does not replace a full laptop.
What Apple should do however is offer a better screen resolution, like full HD for the larger screen iPads though. That would make sense to me.
hmm, really? launch the 7-inch iPad by Christmas!
Well, I think the 9.7 inch screen must be more popular for enjoying movies and videos, u know one of the top features of iPad is movie watching. At least now Im sucked in enjoying kinds of videos and movies with iPad, though some times need in the help of iPad video converter from iFunia for lack of flash support.
But on the contrast, the 7-inch also have market I bileve, as it will be lightter than the 9.7 inch one, it's really a little heavy to keep around.