iPad mini

The iPhone 5S will allegedly be introduced at the beginning of September, alongside a low-cost iPhone, Citigroup Global Financial chief analyst Zhgankai Wei informed investors today after checking sources in the supply chain, Commercial Times reports [Google Translation] (via Macotakara). (more…)

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Examining Attorney Lee-Anne Berns has refused Apple's "iPad mini" trademark application, saying that IP Application Development and Marc Angell have also applied for the "iPad" trademark and therefore there's a "likelihood of confusion between these marks", reports Patently Apple. However, since Apple already owns the "iPad" trademark, it remains unclear why would there...

Digitimes reports its components sources claim Apple will cut iPad mini shipments to 10-12 million units for Q2 2013. The decrease could reach up to 20 percent in April, according to the sources, with a possible eventual decrease to as low as 10 million units. Apple has reportedly cut its shipments of the iPad mini to...

Have you been considering an iPad or iPad mini lately? Here's your chance to save some money, as Staples Canada currently has a $50 off coupon on all tablets over $299, which ends today. We confirmed with the company this also applies to the iPad and iPad mini, so that means the Wi-Fi 16GB iPad...

With Apple still seeing sky rocketing sales for its first generation iPad mini, it is quite unlikely that the company will feel the need to introduce a Retina iPad mini this spring, reports CultOfMac. Even though Apple pushed an update to the full-sized Retina iPad merely eight months after introducing the third-gen iPad, it seems that...

The likelihood of an upgrade for the iPad mini display with the second generation is high, DisplaySearch informed CNET. But the iPad mini 2 release date is a mystery at this point: Analysts and even DisplaySearch forecast a third quarter or fourth quarter launch. (more…)

After saying for more than a year that the Apple iTV is imminent, Peter Misek of Jefferies has issued a note to investors on Tuesday (via CNET) claiming that won't happen -- at least not this year. (more…)

Digitimes has today published two reports about the fate of the iPad and iPad mini supply. Industry sources say that the Japan-based Nissha Printing, which is Apple's main supplier of thin-film touch sensors for the iPad mini, just can't keep up with the demand due to a lack of production capacity. (more…)

Apple has updated their online sales page for the iPad mini to remove the two per customer limit on purchases in both their Canadian and US online stores. Now, during checkout customers can enter in a number between 1-999 iPad minis for purchase, as seen below: This removal looks to signal Apple's ability to keep...

Analyst firm DisplaySearch has published its latest data on Monthly TFT LCD Shipments, indicating that tablet panel shipments shifted dramatically towards smaller screen sizes during January, fuelling expectations that 2013 could be the year of smaller tablets such as the iPad mini. The report suggests that 7-9” tablets would become a larger part of the market than 9.7” or 10.1”...

Samsung has announced the launch of its Galaxy Note 8.0 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, which looks to take straight aim at Apple's iPad mini. This new tablet sports an 8-inch TFT display (running 1280 x 800), will run Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, a 1.6GHz Eynos 4 Quad processor, 2GB of RAM,...

Mobile ad platform Millennial Media has noted a rising percentage of impressions originating from tablets during 2012, with iOS grabbing a 58 percent share of the tablet OS mix, while Androids getting 41 a percent, reports TechCrunch. According to the report, iPad mini is seeing the highest growth for Apple while Kindle Fire is most popular among the...