At the moment, there's a bit of a dispute going on in the tech media over an intriguing question: Is Apple going to release a 7" iPad anytime soon?
In a story that's currently hidden behind a paywall, Taiwanese site Digitimes says that Apple is working on a mini-iPad - with a 7.85" display, to be precise - for release in 2012. It says the alleged device is a reaction to smaller, cheaper tablets such as Amazon's Kindle Fire.
But John Paczkowski of All Things D concludes that this rumor appears to be fantasy, not fact - at least if we're talking about a 2012 release date. Paczkowski quotes an analyst who notes that Steve Jobs once explained at length why 7" tablets are an inherently lousy idea.
I side with Paczkowski. Not because Jobs went on the record against 7-inchers: He often explained at length why something was a lousy idea only to eventually do it. And not because of Digitimes' spotty record for accuracy. (With equal abandon, the site reports on Apple scuttlebutt that pans out and Apple scuttlebutt that never amounts to anything.) ...
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In a story that's currently hidden behind a paywall, Taiwanese site Digitimes says that Apple is working on a mini-iPad - with a 7.85" display, to be precise - for release in 2012. It says the alleged device is a reaction to smaller, cheaper tablets such as Amazon's Kindle Fire.
But John Paczkowski of All Things D concludes that this rumor appears to be fantasy, not fact - at least if we're talking about a 2012 release date. Paczkowski quotes an analyst who notes that Steve Jobs once explained at length why 7" tablets are an inherently lousy idea.
I side with Paczkowski. Not because Jobs went on the record against 7-inchers: He often explained at length why something was a lousy idea only to eventually do it. And not because of Digitimes' spotty record for accuracy. (With equal abandon, the site reports on Apple scuttlebutt that pans out and Apple scuttlebutt that never amounts to anything.) ...
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~3/rBc2-8TslYI/
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