7-Inch iPad Rumored

Stoobalou writes "Rumours of a cut-down Apple iPad are ramping up as Taiwanese news outlet Economic Daily News names names. The often-reliable Chinese language newspaper — which correctly predicted the first coming of the iPad when everyone else on the planet was carping on about a sub-$500 netbook from the Cupertino company — has been digging about in the skips behind a number of Chinese factories and reckons it knows who will be making which bit of the much-predicted iPad 2."

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[odies]

I think it's great. I will have my iPhone as a mobile device, the normal big and classy iPad for coffee shops and to impress girls, and the medium size iPhone/iPad variant for things while iPhone isn't enough, but when iPad is too big. I can already think hundreds of different situations where it will fit perfectly.

I can already see how some apple-haters will come here and say "what is the purpose of this medium-sized iPhone?", but if you don't see it you're just not thinking different enough. Just continue to follow the sheep and install your Windows. At least when I see an Apple user I know he is different, intellectual person I can have a good conversation with. He is not just there to talk with me because he has malware on his computer. I am studying art currently and having the iPad makes a complete difference on how other students and professors look at me. They know I'm an artist and an intellectual person.

I can't wait to get this device on my hands.

7 inches is perfect for the girl slashdotters

[bluefoxlucid]

This is truly news for female nerds. 8 inches is too big and that old 5.5 inch average just isn't satisfying. I will of course be gifting one to the next geeky girl I date, so she will be thoroughly satisfied by seven inches of perfection.

Re:7 inches is perfect for the girl slashdotters

[Anonymous Coward]

Too bad she will still be unimpressed by the hamster-sized organ between your legs.

Re:iPad

[Mongoose Disciple]

At least when I see an Apple user I know he is different, intellectual person I can have a good conversation with.

Also, I understand that Windows people are despicable and wear black hats to symbolize their black hearts, whereas the good guys with Apple gear wear white hats to demonstrate their purity. (Or it's turtlenecks and the colors are reversed. I get confused.)

April 1 already?

[jaroslav]

In other news, I just pre-ordered my iPad Nano.

Fool

[name_already_taken]

It's obviously going to be called the iPod Maxi.

Re:Interesting

[Godskitchen]

Maybe they'll try to charge more for it than the standard iPad claiming that it's lighter and more compact. Coming soon: iPad Air

Re:If by unimpressed you mean terrified...

[Stele]

The common hamster [wikipedia.org] can grow to a size of fourteen inches in length, three inches across, and can weigh up to a pound.

So THAT's why my wife calls "it" my big hamsta.

New iPad rumored

[hcs_$reboot]

The rumor is a bit misleading. Actually the new device is the iPhone 5, basically a new iPhone 4 equipped with a 2 inches bumper.

Re:Interesting

[Pojut]

Calm down, nutter...I was just kidding.

Sheesh. You serious people, with your seriousness...you're so busy seriousizing everyone, you never stop to think about how you're seriousizing yourself.

I'm being totally serious.

Re:iPad

[ultrabot]

Ah hell. I made the mistake of taking that poster seriously. Reading it again it's obvious satire. Whoosh for me.

I caught the satire right when he said he uses iPad to impress *girls*. A Freudian slip.

Re:Interesting

[Pojut]

Apple users will pay for anything, so long as they can get another little white Apple sticker.

My then-fiance now-wife bought an Apple sticker about a year ago and put it on her Thinkpad.

Me: "Why did you do that?"
Brittnie: "Because now I get all the pretentiousness without being a broke asshole."
Me: ::facepalm::

Re:iPad

[Shikaku]

Apply directly to the forehead.

Re:New iPad rumored

[ColdWetDog]

The rumor is a bit misleading. Actually the new device is the iPhone 5, basically a new iPhone 4 equipped with a 2 inch[es] bumper.

That's no bumper. That's the antenna. Steve hates bad publicity. Never again will the iPhone be castigated for poor antenna performance. In fact, Apple engineers are working on accessory antennas [space.com] for those difficult areas in SF and NYC as we speak (early prototype seen in a bar in Puerto Rico).

Second chance

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe this is Apple's way of giving us, the techy crowd, another opportunity to predict how well the iPad is going to sell. I, for one, am going to seize this opportunity:

The 7" iPad is going to flop! You can do everything a 7" iPad can do on a smartphone. Or you could get a netbook and actually have a REAL keyboard, plus it would do everything the 7" iPad does and MORE for $300 less! The 7" iPad won't even have flash, so you won't be able to view 85% of the media on the internet. No camera, no usb ports, walled garden? They aren't going to sell 100 of these. In fact, everyone who actually wants one of these is a wanker!

I think I nailed it this time.

Re:iPad

[Anonymous Coward]

iPalm?

Re:iPad

[Shikaku]

Apply directly to the forehead..