David Sparks:<\/p>\n

\n I think a 7 inch iPad in the $250 price range, along with the app store and all the other great things that Apple has built, would be devastating to competing tablet manufacturers. Apple employed a similar strategy in the iPod market and the rest of the MP3 player market never recovered. I don\u2019t know whether Apple calls it the next generation iPod touch or the iPad Mini but the result would be the same either way, a lot of units sold to customers that would otherwise have gone to Amazon, Samsung, and others.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This pretty much sums up my thoughts on the iPad Mini as well.<\/p>\n

Other than the iPhone and the iPad, all there rest of Apple’s product lineup has screen-size differentiation: different sized MacBook Airs, different sized MacBook Pros, and different sized iMacs. For portable devices especially, the size of the screen has a significant role in the usefulness of the device for the user. Some people need bigger screens and some people need smaller.<\/p>\n

A smaller iPad would appeal to an awful lot of people. And not just because it would be cheaper; the size would have appeal as well.<\/p>\n

If Apple does create a new iPad with a smaller form-factor its market appeal would be the same as the iPod lineup. There are some folks who own a few iPods (a shuffle or nano for the gym, and a classic or touch for the car \/ home stereo), and then there are most folks who own just one. It could easily be the same story with iPads: most would only need one or the other size, but some would use both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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