AppleInsider StaffJohn Paczkowski of All Things D reported on Saturday that the event for Apple's so-called "iPad mini" will be held in October, after the anticipated Sept. 12 iPhone event. That means Apple has two "blockbuster events" lined up for product debuts this fall.
"Only after the next generation iPhone is out the door and on sale will Apple announce the smaller iPad it's been working on," Paczkowski wrote. "That device, which is expected to have a display of less than eight inches, will be uncrated at a second special event, which sources said is currently scheduled for October."
The anonymous sources who spoke with Paczkowski confirm earlier comments from both Jim Dalrymple of The Loop and John Gruber of Daring Fireball, both of which indicated this week that they expect Apple to hold two separate events for the new iPhone and iPad mini. Gruber said an event in the first or second week in October would be in line with iPod events that Apple has held for the last decade.
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Yes, the one for which we've seen nothing but third-party
guessescases.So what [I]other[/I] products will be announced at which event? What will be the name of this smaller tablet?
So what other products will be announced at which event?
I wonder if they think it's iPhone+iPods and iPad or iPhone and iPad+iPods…
Maybe the iPods should have a third event in November.
Or each iPod can get its own event.
September: iPhone
October: iPad mini
November: iPod touch
December: iPod nano
January: iPod shuffle
February: real iPad
March: real iPad ships
April: iPod nano mini
May: iPod shuffle mini
June: iPhone nano (WE WERE ALWAYS RIGHT)
July: iPad mini mini
August: iPad mini (not iPad mini, but regular iPad mini, iPad mini)
September: iPhone 4 again, because numbers.
What will be the name of this smaller tablet?
I'm going with iPad mini, that's the most obvious choice.
The name of the new mini iPad? I'm sure: the i/iiPad (aka the halfpad)