Apple is now planning to start producing the new 8-inch tablet because recently there supplier has shown them 8-inch screen so Apple can now think of competing Amazon Kindle and Samsung Galaxy Tab.
Officials at some of Apple’s suppliers, who declined to be named, said the Cupertino, Calif.-based company has shown them screen designs for a new device with a screen size of around 8-inches, and said it is qualifying suppliers for it. Apple’s latest tablet, the iPad 2, comes with a 9.7-inch screen. It was launched last year.
One person said the smaller device will have a similar resolution screen as the iPad 2. Apple is working with screen makers including Taiwan-based AU Optronics Co. and LG Display Co. of South Korea to supply the test panels, the person said.
Apple always try and tests the new design but they are not releasing it yet, but lot of rumors on the web that are pointing toward this 8-inch iPad to compete Amazon’s kindle and Galaxy Tab.
But a new thing also comes in the news through Ezra Gottheil, who is an analyst with Technology Business Research, who predicted that Apple might come with the 7-inch iPad.
Let wait and see what Apple is thinking ….
[Via WSJ]
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