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"If recent media reports pan out, the release of Apple's new iPhone is right around the corner.  But could a new, smaller iPad be right on its heels? \nSteve Jobs famously blasted the idea of a 7-inch tablet,  claiming small tablets would be \u201Cdead on arrival\u201D but that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from churning with speculation that Apple will release a mini version of its popular tablet device.  How would a 7-inch iPad differ from its big brother?  Rumors so far paint the picture of a device that while smaller, could pack the same A5 processor while being .3mm thinner.  Others are guessing that the mythical device could also arrive with a smaller dock connector and no back-facing camera.\n\nSEE ALSO: Apple Must Deliver the iPad Mini\nNo matter what a potential iPad mini will look like, demand for the product would be huge.  And a smaller iPad hopefully means a less expensive iPad. While $500 may be a bit pricy for your average user, a device around $300 would hit the sweet spot for customers, at least if the Amazon Kindle Fire is any indication.\nThe Sept. 12 release of the next iPhone would be the logical timing for the iPad Mini, but others speculate the tablet will get its own event in November \u2014 just in time for the shotgun start to the holiday season. Or maybe we're all wasting our time and Steve Jobs, like many times before, had it right all along.\nWould you buy a 7-inch iPad mini?  Tell us how much stock you put in these rumors.\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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