By Michelle Maisto, eWeek
Apple has a smaller sibling to the iPad planned for this winter’s holiday shopping season, analysts and tabloids have been reporting since at least February. As the tech world nears that date, the rumors and reports are gaining momentum—and details. Most recently, the Japanese tech site Macotakara reported that the tablet, to be called the iPad mini, will be produced at the Brazil factory of Foxconn, the now well-known Chinese company that makes iPads for Apple, as well as devices for the majority of the electronics industry. The report added that the 7.85-inch iPad Mini will be as thin as the iPod Touch (7.2mm) and have a pixel display of 1024 by 768, enabling it to run iPad apps with no need for adjustment. While an untraditionally sized tablet—at 7.85 inches, it would be wider than other, more paperback-shaped 7-inch tablets—an iPad Mini would have plenty of company in its quest to fit into smaller spaces, like purses and very, very large pockets. The new Google Nexus 7 and the Amazon Kindle Fire come to mind right away
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