DigiTimes..... STOP THE PRESSES!

Microsoft might as well kiss the Surface goodbye, if Apple will be flogging the mini iPad at like $200 ish per unit... MS is phucked 

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They can burry it in the ground "Next of Kin"

I doubt the price would be $200ish per unit. I would expect $299' with a long outside chance of $249 for the base model.

Priced identically to the Touch and now, we're told, plans to produce 4M units a month. This just gets curiouser and curiouser.

Obviously I have no inside info but it just doesn't add up. The rumours are making less and less sense, raising doubts about the very existence of the iPad Mini.

$299 and $399, replacing the iPad 2 in the lineup.

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Originally Posted by Entropys 

I doubt the price would be $200ish per unit. I would expect $299' with a long outside chance of $249 for the base model.

Agreed. US$299 will bridge the gap between the new "taller" iPod touch ~US$200 and the ipad 2 ~US$450

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Originally Posted by Wiggin 

$299 and $399, replacing the iPad 2 in the lineup.

I'm betting on it starting at $199 and the iPod Touch is toast. No sense upgrading the Touch to the new 18-pin connector.

I have no idea how they would price this Mini if it exists, but I think they would sell tons of them if it starts at $299 or lower and looks like the mock-up...

The thing that is foolish is speculating on what it will look like. It is fairly obvious it will look like a tablet, details aren't of importance, the trick is that it supports iOS and runs apps with a minimal of fuss.

As to the ramp up to four million a month that won't be nearly enough. It is very likely it will sell as good or better than the current iPad. It might not be my personal desire but such a tablet would be a big win at work. In fact I can see it becoming a go to solution for many business needs.