The final countdown: Apple 始める，決める to 明らかにする／漏らす iPad 小型の within hours as 専門家s 予報する it could sell 5 MILLION by Christmas
- Gadget believed to have a 7.85inch 審査する - compared to the 9.7in on the most up-to-date 見解／翻訳／版 of the 十分な-size iPad
- 1 in every 6000 UK internet searches were for the iPad 小型の last week
- 議論の的になる new '雷' connector also 推定する／予想するd to be used
- 見積（る）s （人命などを）奪う，主張する Apple has already ordered 10 million iPad 小型のs from 供給者s
- iPad 小型の, Microsoft Surface and Kindle 解雇する／砲火／射撃 all 始める，決める to go on sale this month
At 6pm tonight, Apple boss Tim Cook is 始める，決める to take to the 行う／開催する／段階 in a San Jose theatre to introduce Apple's 最新の blockbuster 製品 - a 小型の tablet 始める，決める to fend off 競争 from アマゾン’s Kindle 解雇する／砲火／射撃 and a raft of 比較して cheap smaller tablet computers.
The shrunken iPad is rumoured to have a 審査する that is 7.8inches across the diagonal ? which compares to 9.7 on the 初めの 見解／翻訳／版.
Tech 選挙立会人s 示唆する the 装置 ? like the 最新の incarnation of the iPhone ? will work on the superfast 4G 動きやすい 網状組織 that will 開始する，打ち上げる next week in the UK.
Is this the finished iPad 小型の? a 漏れるd photo shows the 趣旨d 小型の on 最高の，を越す of a 十分な sized iPad for comparison
HOW SMALL?
The 小型の is thought to be 7.85in diagonally, compared to the 9.7in of the 十分な-size iPad.
This would 許す it to be used easily on public 輸送（する）, and fit into a (large) jacket pocket.
TrustedReviews is 予報するing the 小型の - which some are dubbing the iPad nano - will use a 1,024 x 768 pixel パネル盤, not a retina dispaly as seen in the 最新の iPhone and larger 審査する iPad
利益／興味 in the new gadget has been 抱擁する - with 監視するing 会社／堅い Experian Hitwise 説 1 in every 6000 UK internet searches last week were for the iPad 小型の.
Piper Jaffray 科学（工学）技術 分析家 遺伝子 Munster said in a 公式文書，認める to 投資家s that he 推定する／予想するs the iPad 小型の to 開始する，打ち上げる on 2 November.
The 会社／堅い believes Apple could sell 5 million iPad 小型のs in the December ４半期/4分の1, but that will be at the expense of 1 million 9.7in iPads.
'For every 5 million smaller iPads, you lose 1 million 基準 iPads,' Munster wrote.
Apple is said to be planning to 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 £200 for the smaller 見解／翻訳／版, which is aroun d half the price of the cheapest iPad 3.
However, it will remain かなり more expensive than アマゾン’s Kindle 解雇する／砲火／射撃, which costs £129, and the higher specification Kindle 解雇する／砲火／射撃 HD, which is £159.
アマゾン has 示唆するd it is selling its tablets at a loss ーするために get it into the 手渡すs of families.
The idea is that it can then cash in through sales of a 広大な library of 調書をとる／予約するs, music, films and TV programmes.
Apple’s innovative phones, tablets and computers have always come with a hefty price 賞与金, while its rise to become the world’s most 価値のある company has been fuelled by sales through its 広大な iTunes 蓄える／店.
Jason Jenkins, the editor of CNET UK, said: ‘If the 漏れるs are 訂正する, we can 推定する／予想する Apple to 発表する an iPad 小型の that’s more like a shrunk-負かす／撃墜する iPad 2 than an iPad 3.
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‘It should have a 7.8-インチ 審査する with a 決意／決議 of 1024 x 768. It will have the new, smaller 雷 port seen on the iPhone 5, which means you’ll need to buy a converter to plug it into any 器具／備品 that uses the old-style, large Apple plug.
‘I am 推定する／予想するing it to come in around the £200 示す, which would enable Apple to compete with the 雪崩／（抗議などの）殺到 of cheap tablets appearing in the shops from Google, アマゾン and others.
‘With アマゾン selling a 7-インチ tablet for just £129, though, Apple is going to going to have a real fight on its 手渡すs as it 試みる／企てる to 支配する the tablet market in Europe in the way it has until now.’
It is thought that Apple will also 開始する，打ち上げる a tweaked 見解／翻訳／版 of the iPad 3 that 作品 on the UK’s 4G 網状組織.?
The historic California Theatre where Apple is 始める，決める to introduce its long-噂するd iPad 小型の today
HAVE WE ALREADY SEEN THE IPAD MINI?
Apple's yet-to-be-発表するd iPad 小型の has 明らかに been 明らかにする／漏らすd in 十分な for the first time in the best 始める，決める of pictures yet 漏れるd on the internet.
Sonny Dickson, a 研究員 for fansite 9to5mac.com, published the images on his Twitter 料金d last week, 誘発するing a wave of excitement の中で Apple 熱中している人s.
The images (above and below) show a 装置 that is 意味ありげに smaller than the 正規の／正選手 iPad.
によれば rumours it 誇るs a 7.85in 液晶 陳列する，発揮する, making it a 競争相手 to Google's Nexus 7 and アマゾン's Kindle 解雇する／砲火／射撃.
The images also show the iPad 小型の utilises the 議論の的になる new connector introduced with the iPhone 5, which has made all 従犯者s 利用できる to previous Apple gadgets obsolete at a 一打／打撃.
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It 現れるd yesterday that Apple had 教えるd 供給者s in 中国 to 製造（する） 10million of the new smaller tablet computers, showing 約束 in their 製品 in the 直面する of stiff 競争.
Insiders say the iPad 小型の will be 発表するd on October 17, a few days from the 解放（する）s of アマゾン's Kindle 解雇する／砲火／射撃 and Microsoft's Surface tablets, and go on sale November 2.
As yet, however, Apple has not 公式に 確認するd any of the 報告（する）／憶測s, rumours of 漏れるs about a smaller iPad.
Apple's 9-インチ 装置 支配するs the market, but smaller, cheaper tablets have been eating away at the iPad's 人気.
Changes: This picture, 漏れるd by the same source, compares the new connector on the iPad 小型の with the old 見解／翻訳／版 as seen on previous 見解／翻訳／版s of the iPad
The 開始する，打ち上げる comes in a week of hi-tech 製品 解放（する）s.
アマゾン has already enjoyed 抱擁する success in the US with its updated 解雇する／砲火／射撃 tablets - but will 解放（する） them 国祭的な for the first time on the 25th October.
The gadgets, are 利用できる in both 7-インチ and 8.9-インチ 見解／翻訳／版s (although only the 7-インチ 見解／翻訳／版 is 現在／一般に 始める，決める to go o sale outside of the US).
Microsoft is also 開始する，打ち上げるing its Surface tablets on the 26th, when Google is also believed to be 明らかにする／漏らすing new tablets and ソフトウェア.
THE TABLET BATTLE - WHAT CONSUMERS CAN CHOOSE FROM
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| IPAD MINI (推定する／予想するd specs) | KINDLE FIRE HD |
|---|---|
| 7.85inch 審査する (iPad
2 pictured below) specifications unknown | 7inch 審査する 12800x800 陳列する，発揮する 11 hour 殴打／砲列 life 50,000 apps in アマゾン appstore |
| Price unknown | From £129 ($199) |
| Wifi HD 前線 cameras | Wifi? HD 前線 直面するing camera |
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| MICROSOFT SURFACE | BARNES & NOBLE NOOK HD |
|---|---|
| 10.6inch 審査する 事例／患者 can 二塁打 as keyboard | 7inch 審査する 1440 x 900 HD LCD 11 hour 殴打／砲列 life 50,000 apps in アマゾン appstore |
| £399 to £599 | From £159 ($199) |
| Wifi | Wifi? HD 前線 直面するing camera |
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The 小型の 開始する，打ち上げる comes as 研究 示唆するs a ４半期/4分の1 of us - 22 per cent - own a tablet, with another three per cent 定期的に borrowing someone else's tablet for web browsing.
About 68 per cent of the 9,5123 adults 調査するd said they 購入（する）d their tablet within the last year.
The U.S. 調査する by the Pew 研究 中心 also 示唆するs the flood of cheaper tablets, such as the Google Nexus or アマゾン 解雇する／砲火／射撃, are 弱めるing Apple's 支配する on the market.
A year ago, Apple had more than 80 per cent of the market, but this has now dropped to いっそう少なく around 52 per cent.
The Kindle 解雇する／砲火／射撃 has 21 per cent of the market, 一方／合間 Samsung's 星雲 tablet has eight per cent.
Out of those 調査するd, 44 per cent of adults who said they have a smartphone, 46 per cent have an Android phone, 38 per cent, have an iPhone and 10 per cent have a Blackberry.
APPLE'S MINI TURNAROUND
Steve 職業s famously 支配するd on a smaller iPad, 説 'The 現在の 刈る of 7-インチ tablets are going to be DOA, dead on arrival.
'We don't think you can make a 広大な／多数の／重要な tablet with a 7-インチ 審査する.'
However, 装置s like the アマゾン Kindle and Google's Nexus 7 have shown that there is a market for smaller 装置s that 消費者s can use on public 輸送（する）, 原因（となる）ing Apple to 報道によれば change its mind on an 'iPad 小型の' with a 7 or 8 インチ 審査する.
